compliance is voluntary (Klotzko, A. J., 1998). Since no real regulatory agency exists, IVF is done as providers see fit. The formation of The American Society for Reproductive medicine reflects the fact that there are clearly many ethical issues with regard to IVF. Three issues are the following:
             1. Previously, an embryo has been a part of a woman’s body. Roe vs. Wade based it’s decision on abortion being part of a woman’s privacy. With regard to frozen embryos which are not a part of the women’s body, does she have the right to choose their fate, and does the father have equal say?
             2. Do the potential parents of these embryos have the right to change their minds about becoming parents once the embryos have been frozen?
             3. In complicated matters with multiple parents, does multiple parental roles with visitation rights adversely affect a child’s social development?
             When one is discussing abortion, the argument heard most often by the advocates of pro-choice is that this is a matter of a woman controlling what goes on with her body. Furthermore, advocates claim, that as such, the elimination of
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