Ethical Considerations in Assisted Reproductive Technology
Ethical Considerations in Assisted Reproductive Technology

Summary/Abstract: Our study aims to summarize the evidence on the ethical considerations of assisted human reproduction procedures and see what these techniques look like through the eyes of the women who experience them. Our research comprises the experiences of 50 women who used such technologies to have a child and detailed their related experiences (i.e., "If you have already resorted to assisted human reproduction treatments, please detail the experience”). The participants’ answers, which were consistent with the previous literature, among the difficulties they faced, the bad patient-doctor relationship (the right to life and equal treatment), the multitude of contradictory information in the public space (the right to be informed), the feeling that experiments are being done on the patient's body (the right to be advised), medical errors that led to pregnancy loss (the right to life), the feeling that private clinics are just businesses that have to make money, but not to take into account the patient's life (marketing), and the high economic costs (economy) were among the most frequent. Our results concluded that decision-making concerning assisted reproductive technologies cannot be based only on clinical and economic considerations but also require considering a series of ethical principles, social norms, and religious beliefs.

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