ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2021
Between "Medical" and "Social" Egg Freezing : A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks in Austria, Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands.
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- Justification of Social Egg Freezing and Regulatory Response: China's Law and Practice.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Article
- Who freezes her eggs and why? psychological predictors, reasons, and outcomes of social egg freezing.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Article
- Women Who Perform Social Egg Freezing as Moral Pioneers: The Case of Ultra-Orthodox Communities in Israel.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Balancing choice and socioeconomic realities: analyzing behavioral and economic factors in social oocyte cryopreservation decisions.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Too much equity - is there such a thing? The public discourse surrounding elective egg freezing subsidy in Israel.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Social Egg Freezing for Single Women in China: Legal and Ethical Controversies.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Ovarian Reserve Disorders, Can We Prevent Them? A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Medical versus social egg freezing: the importance of future choice for women's decision-making.Monash bioethics review · 2022Article
- The emergence of temporality in attitudes towards cryo-fertility: a case study comparing German and Israeli social egg freezing users.History and philosophy of the life sciences · 2022Article
- A Lost Idyll of Connection?Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Egg freezing has led to heated debates in healthcare policy and bioethics. A crucial issue in this context concerns the distinction between "medical" and "social" egg freezing (MEF and SEF)-contrasting objections to bio-medicalization with claims for oversimplification. Yet such categorization remains a criterion for regulation. This paper aims to explore the "regulatory boundary-work" around the "medical"-"social" distinction in different egg freezing regulations. Based on systematic documents' analysis we present a cross-national comparison of the way the "medical"-"social" differentiation finds expression in regulatory frameworks in Austria, Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands. Findings are organized along two emerging themes: (1) the definition of MEF and its distinctiveness-highlighting regulatory differences in the clarity of the definition and in the medical indications used for creating it (less clear in Austria and Germany, detailed in Israel and the Netherlands); and (2) hierarchy of medical over social motivations reflected in usage and funding regulations. Blurred demarcation lines between "medical" and "social" are further discussed as representing a paradoxical inclusion of SEF while offering new insights into the complexity and normativity of this distinction. Finally, we draw conclusions for policymaking and the bioethical debate, also concerning the related cryopolitical aspects.
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