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June 2, 2012 The Chosun Ilbo
As people are getting married later, more and more single women are depositing their eggs at egg banks.
The CHA Fertility Center at Gangnam CHA General Hospital is storing the frozen eggs of 107 women,
including 36 unmarried ones who decided to freeze their eggs in case they want to have a baby later.
In the past, the practice was mostly restricted to women who were diagnosed with cancer or leukemia and
feared that radiation therapy would damage their eggs. However now many single women store their eggs
to avoid the risk of infertility or having an unhealthy baby if they get married later in life.
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Lee Eun-ji at the Ministry of Health and Welfare said, "As long as the eggs aren't transferred or sold to a
third party and the storage period isn't exceeded, there is no legal problem."
But Koo In-hoi of a committee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul said, "When the egg is thawed and goes
through in-vitro fertilization, a number of embryos are made. Only some of them are used and the leftovers
have to be destroyed. From a religious perspective that views embryos as living human beings the practice
is unethical."
As people are getting married later, more and more single women are depositing their eggs at egg banks.
The CHA Fertility Center at Gangnam CHA General Hospital is storing the frozen eggs of 107 women,
including 36 unmarried ones who decided to freeze their eggs in case they want to have a baby later.
In the past, the practice was mostly restricted to women who were diagnosed with cancer or leukemia and
feared that radiation therapy would damage their eggs. However now many single women store their eggs
to avoid the risk of infertility or having an unhealthy baby if they get married later in life.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=2012032701174_0.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/2012032701174_0.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=medical_tourism_south_korea-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/medical_tourism_south_korea-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Lee Eun-ji at the Ministry of Health and Welfare said, "As long as the eggs aren't transferred or sold to a
third party and the storage period isn't exceeded, there is no legal problem."
But Koo In-hoi of a committee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul said, "When the egg is thawed and goes
through in-vitro fertilization, a number of embryos are made. Only some of them are used and the leftovers
have to be destroyed. From a religious perspective that views embryos as living human beings the practice
is unethical."
