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...cannot say for sure that it doesn't. The long-term health effects of egg donation have never actually been studied, in large part because the high cost of studies doesn't "seem justified in terms of what the possible risks [of the procedure] might be," according to Sean Tipton, spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). He points out that egg donors undergo the same drug treatment as IVF patients - hormone injections and other drugs that stimulate follicles, promote egg maturation and prevent the release of eggs before they can be retrieved - and that studies...
...ASRM's Tipton argues that it's difficult to determine whether doctors fail in their responsibility to communicate the risks or whether patients simply do not absorb all the necessary information before signing consent documents. "What are you supposed to do, give the patient a quiz or have them read it back to you before they sign it?" he says. "At some point you have to trust that a patient means it when they choose to participate and sign forms saying they had the risks explained to them...
...already been broken. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a leading organization in the field of reproductive medicine, recommends that a woman under the age of 35 should have no more than two embryos implanted by way of in vitro fertilization (IVF). That limit was chosen, says Sean Tipton, director of public affairs for the society, in order to avoid multiple births through IVF that would expose both mother and offspring to significant health risks. This is merely one of several ethical, financial, psychological and medical issues that have arisen from the stunning news of the Suleman octuplets, who join...
...cycle can cost upwards of $12,000, women who have to pay out of pocket may not be able to afford to try and try again. And if physicians are pushed to transfer more embryos? "Doctors' attorneys are advising them, 'You have to do it,'" says ASRM spokesman Sean Tipton. "The courts have made clear that decisions about what to do with embryos are in the hands of patients, not in the hands of physicians...
...most, all the group can do is revoke society membership from a clinic gone astray. "We have no legal authority to stop someone from practicing," says Tipton, the group's spokesman...