Should Doctors Help Infertility Patients Who Cross Borders for Care?

October 8, 2015

(Medical Daily) – More than half of all patients crossing borders for reproductive care do so to evade the law of their home country, Van Hoof and colleagues note. In Europe alone, this may account for roughly 15,000 cycles of fertility treatments provided each year. Cross-border patients are typically seeking treatments such as sperm or egg donation, pre-implantation genetic screening or reproductive technologies reserved for heterosexual couples in their home country, the authors say.