Congratulations to Edward Martinez, MD, '22SPS, Bioethics, on his new appointment as a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Ethics Committee.
For the next three years, Martinez will provide input to the ASRM Board of Directors regarding ethical issues relevant to reproductive health and medicine. Within this Ethics Committee, members will develop policy addressing the many ethical issues concerning Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Key work performed within the committee includes ethics opinion documents and consulting on derivative materials.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Assisted Reproductive Technologies include, “all fertility treatments in which either eggs or embryos are handled,” such as surgically removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, combining them with sperm in a lab, and returning them to a woman’s body or donating them.
ASRM is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of science and practice of reproductive medicine. Read more here.
