Ethics Committee Document PDFs

This is the simplified list of current documents in chronological order (newest first).

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PDF - Assisted reproduction with advancing paternal and maternal age: an Ethics Committee opinion (2025)
PDF - Transfer of embryos affected by monogenic conditions: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2025)
PDF - Disclosure of medical errors and untoward events involving gametes and embryos: and Ethics Committee Opinion (2024)
PDF - Use of preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic adult-onset conditions: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Family members as gamete donors or gestational carriers: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Financial ‘‘risk-sharing’’ or refund programs in assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Ethical considerations for telemedical delivery of fertility care: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Planned oocyte cryopreservation to preserve future reproductive potential: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Ethical obligations in fertility treatment when intimate partners withhold information from each other: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)
PDF - Misconduct in third-party assisted reproductive technology by participants and nonmedical professionals or entities: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)
PDF - Informed consent in assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)
PDF - Defining embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)
PDF - Consideration of the gestational carrier: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)
PDF - Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identified) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentified to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)
PDF - Reproductive and infertility care in times of public health crises: an Ethics Committee opinion (2022)
PDF - Cross-border reproductive care: an Ethics Committee opinion (2022)
PDF - Use of reproductive technology for sex selection for nonmedical reasons: an Ethics Committee opinion (2022)
PDF - Provision of fertility services for women at increased risk of complications during fertility treatment or pregnancy: an Ethics Committee opinion (2022)
PDF - Ethical issues in oocyte banking for nonautologous use: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Access to fertility treatment irrespective of marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Moving innovation to practice: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Disparities in access to effective treatment for infertility in the United States: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Disposition of unclaimed embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Access to fertility services by transgender and nonbinary persons: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Human immunodeficiency virus and infertility treatment: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
PDF - Ethics in embryo research: a position statement by the ASRM Ethics in Embryo Research Task Force and the ASRM Ethics Committee (2020)
PDF - Compassionate transfer: patient requests for embryo transfer for nonreproductive purposes (2020)
PDF - Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile: an Ethics Committee opinion (2019)
PDF - Interests obligations and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2019)
PDF - Disclosure of sex when incidentally revealed as part of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT): an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
PDF - Fertility preservation and reproduction in patients facing gonadotoxic therapies: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
PDF - Posthumous retrieval and use of gametes or embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
PDF - Informing offspring of their conception by gamete or embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
PDF - Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services (2017)
PDF - Transferring embryos with genetic anomalies detected in preimplantation testing: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2017)

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