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Review article| Volume 252, P568-569, September 2020

EBCOG position statement on “Ethical analysis of cross-border reproductive care”

      Abstract

      Cross border movement of couples to seek assisted conception treatments which are not available in their own countries are creating lots of ethical issues. Eu countires should work together to deliver couple centered care within a legal framework.

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