Providing infertility treatment in resource-poor countries (2009)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
Recently, several initiatives were started to introduce medically assisted reproduction in developing countries. Infertility is a major problem in these countries and causes extensive social and...
Infertility patients' beliefs about their embryos and their disposition preferences (2009)
Provoost, V., Pennings, G., De Sutter, P., Gerris, J., De Lissnyder, E., ...
BACKGROUND Little research has been done on how beliefs of infertility patients about their embryos are related to their disposition decisions. The objective of this study was to describe how...
Cross-border reproductive care in Belgium (2009)
Pennings, G., Autin, C., Decleer, W., Delbaere, A., Delbeke, L., Delvigne, A., ...
BACKGROUND Cross-border reproductive care indicates the cross-border movements made by patients to obtain infertility treatment they cannot obtain at home. The problem at present is that empirical...
Bredenoord, A.L., Pennings, G., Smeets, H.J., De Wert, G.
This paper aims to address the ethical issues regarding prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of mitochondrial disorders. Owing to the absence of effective treatment, the...
PGD to reduce reproductive risk: the case of mitochondrial DNA disorders (2008)
Bredenoord, A.L., Dondorp, W., Pennings, G., De Wert, G.
This paper discusses the pros and cons of introducing PGD for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders such as NARP (Neurogenic muscle weakness, Ataxia, Retinis Pigmentosa)/Leigh, MELAS (Mitochondrial...
Bredenoord, A.L., Pennings, G., De Wert, G.
BACKGROUND Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders are an important cause of human diseases. In view of the limitations of prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnoses, alternatives such as...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 14: Equity of access to assisted reproductive technology (2008)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
Justice and access are among the most urgent questions for medically assisted reproduction. This paper analyses this question not only for people suffering from infertility, but also for people who...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 15: Cross-border reproductive care (2008)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., Devroey, P.
This paper analyses the ethical aspects of cross-border reproductive care. Ethical questions are raised by some of the main reasons of cross-border travelling, i.e. law evasion and unequal access to...
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
The analysis of the welfare of the child in the context of medically assisted reproduction is divided in two parts: the first part addresses the risks associated with the would-be parent(s), the...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 12: Oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes (2007)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
The present paper focuses on oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes, i.e. research and future therapy. The general principles of research ethics apply to these interventions. The...
Patients' decisions regarding the disposition of surplus cryopreserved embryos (2007)
PROVOOST, V, PENNINGS, G, De Sutter, Petra, Gerris, Jan, VANDEVELDE, A, Dhont, Marc
Oocyte donation for stem cell research (2007)
The future success of stem cell research by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) depends on a sufficient supply of human oocytes. However, oocyte donation presents certain risks for the...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 12: Oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes (2007)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
The present paper focuses on oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes, i.e. research and future therapy. The general principles of research ethics apply to these interventions. The...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 12: Oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes (2007)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Tarlatzis, B., ...
The present paper focuses on oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes, i.e. research and future therapy. The general principles of research ethics apply to these interventions. The...
Mertes, H, Pennings, G, Van Steirteghem, A
Although few ethical concerns exist regarding the use of adult stem cells, the field of embryonic stem cell research is fraught with moral qualms. Several alternative sources of pluripotent stem...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 11: Posthumous assisted reproduction (2006)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., ...
This article analyses the different ethical aspects of posthumous assisted reproduction. Two situations are distinguished: cases in which the gametes or embryos are used by the surviving partner and...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 11: Posthumous assisted reproduction (2006)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., ...
This article analyses the different ethical aspects of posthumous assisted reproduction. Two situations are distinguished: cases in which the gametes or embryos are used by the surviving partner and...
Oocyte donation for stem cell research (2006)
The future success of stem cell research by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) depends on a sufficient supply of human oocytes. However, oocyte donation presents certain risks for the...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 11: Posthumous assisted reproduction (2006)
Pennings, G., De Wert, G., Shenfield, F., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., ...
This article analyses the different ethical aspects of posthumous assisted reproduction. Two situations are distinguished: cases in which the gametes or embryos are used by the surviving partner and...
Oocyte donation for stem cell research (2006)
The future success of stem cell research by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) depends on a sufficient supply of human oocytes. However, oocyte donation presents certain risks for the...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 10: Surrogacy (2005)
Shenfield, F., Pennings, G., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., De Wert, G., ...
This 10th statement of the Task Force on Ethics and Law considers ethical questions specific to varied surrogacy arrangements. Surrogacy is especially complex as the interests of the intended...
Shenfield, F., Pennings, G., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., Tarlatzis, B.
This 9th statement of the ESHRE Taskforce on Ethics and Law considers ethical questions and specific dilemmas concerning preimplantation genetic diagnosis for human leukocyte antigen typing of...
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 10: Surrogacy (2005)
Shenfield, F., Pennings, G., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., De Wert, G., ...
This 10th statement of the Task Force on Ethics and Law considers ethical questions specific to varied surrogacy arrangements. Surrogacy is especially complex as the interests of the intended...
Taskforce 8: Ethics of medically assisted fertility treatment for HIV positive men and women (2004)
Shenfield, F., Pennings, G., Cohen, J., Devroey, P., Tarlatzis, B., ...
In this 8th statement of the ESHRE Taskforce on Ethics and Law, the focus is on the ethical issues raised by (assisted) reproduction for HIV positive men and women. Due to treatment improvements,...
Taskforce 5: preimplantation genetic diagnosis (2003)
Shenfield, F., Pennings, G., Devroey, P., Sureau, C., Tarlatzis, B., Cohen, J., ...
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Ethics Task Force sets out a recommended multidisciplinary approach to the application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)....
Pennings, G., Schots, R., Liebaers, I.
Recently, several requests were made by couples with an affected child who wanted preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select embryos in the hope of conceiving an HLA identical donor sibling....
The validity of contracts to dispose of frozen embryos
The widespread abandonment of frozen embryos by the gamete providers or intentional parents urgently demands a solution. Most centres react by requiring patients to enter a prior agreement governing...
The physician as an accessory in the parental project of HIV positive people
The question of the moral acceptability of infertility treatment to HIV positive persons raises a number of interesting ethical points regarding the responsibility of the infertility specialist for...
Blood banks all over the world attempt to cover the demand for blood by donations from voluntary non-remunerated donors. The discussion regarding the acceptability of blood donations by...
Reproductive tourism as moral pluralism in motion
Reproductive tourism is the travelling by candidate service recipients from one institution, jurisdiction, or country where treatment is not available to another institution, jurisdiction, or country...