Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Ethics, jurisprudence

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Abortion law

• Albania
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Albania
• Andorra
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Andorra
• Argentina
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Argentina
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • The abortion debate in Australia [2006]
    • Abortion and the law in Australia [2006]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Pregnant women with fetal abnormalities: the forgotten people in the abortion debate [2008]
    • Late-term abortion: what can be learned from Royal Women's Hospital v Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria? [2007]
    • Abortion: time to clarify Australia's confusing laws [2004]
    • Termination review committees: are they necessary? [2003]
  • Parliament of Australia
    • Abortion Law in Australia [2001]
  • Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents
    • Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 [2008]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Australia
• Austria
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Austria
• Belarus
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Belarus
• Belgium
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Belgium
• Bolivia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Bolivia
• Brazil
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Brazil
• Canada
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Medication Abortion in Canada: A Right-to-Health Perspective [2008]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Canada
• Chile
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Chile
• China
  • Reproductive Health
    • Illegal births and legal abortions - the case of China [2005]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in China
• Colombia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Colombia
• Cyprus
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Cyprus
• Czech Republic
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Czech Republic
• Denmark
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Denmark
• Dominican Republic
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Ecuador
• El Salvador
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Patient Privacy and Conflicting Legal and Ethical Obligations in El Salvador: Reporting of Unlawful Abortions [2006]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in El Salvador
• Estonia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Estonia
• Finland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Finland
• France
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in France
• Germany
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Germany
• Ghana
  • Ghana Medical Journal
    • Overview of the Law and Availability of Abortion Services in Ghana [2006]
• Greece
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Greece
• Guatemala
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Guatemala
• Guyana
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Guyana
• Hungary
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Hungary
• Iceland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Iceland
• India
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in India
• International
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • International developments in abortion law from 1988 to 1998 [1999]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Provision of abortion by mid-level providers: international policy, practice and perspectives [2009]
  • International Consortium for Medical Abortion
    • Laws on Abortion in the First and Second Trimester
    • Countries Abortion Profile
  • International Family Planning Perspectives
    • Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 1998–2007 [2008]
  • United Nations Population Division
    • World Abortion Policies 2007 [2007]
    • Abortion Policies: A Global Review [2002]
    • World Abortion Policies 1999 [1999]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion law
    • Abortion by country
• Iran
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
    • Therapeutic abortion in Islam: contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation [2006]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Iran
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001 [2001]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Ireland
• Israel
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Israel
• Italy
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Italy
• Japan
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Japan
• Mexico
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Mexico
• Monaco
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Monaco
• Namibia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Namibia
• Nepal
  • Reproductive Health Matters
    • Abortion Law in Nepal: The Road to Reform [2004]
    • Abortion Law Reform in Nepal: Women’s Right to Life and Health [2004]
• Netherlands
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Netherlands
• New Zealand
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in New Zealand
• Nicaragua
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Nicaragua
• Norway
  • Ministry of Health and Care Services
    • The Abortion Act [2000]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Norway
• Panama
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Panama
• Paraguay
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Paraguay
• Peru
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Peru
• Philippines
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Philippines
• Poland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Poland
• Portugal
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Portugal
• Romania
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Romania
• Russia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Russia
• Singapore
  • Singapore Statutes OnLine
    • Termination of Pregnancy Act [1985]
• Slovakia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Slovakia
• South Africa
  • Health Systems Trust
    • Barriers to Womens Rights in Implementation of The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA) in KwaZulu- Natal [2007]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in South Africa
• Spain
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Spain
• Suriname
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Suriname
• Sweden
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Sweden
• Switzerland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Switzerland
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region
    • A Legal Interpretation of the Trinidad & Tobago Abortion Law [2009]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkey
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Abortion in Turkey: women in rural areas and the law [2008]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Turkey
• United Kingdom
  • British Medical Association
    • Abortion time limit, May 2008 [2008]
    • The law and ethics of abortion - BMA views [2007]
    • First trimester abortion - a briefing paper by the BMA’s medical ethics committee [2007]
  • Department of Health UK
    • Abortion
  • Medical History
    • “A Fifth Freedom” or “Hideous Atheistic Expediency”? The Medical Community and Abortion Law Reform in Scotland, c.1960–1975 [2006]
  • UK Statute Law Database
    • Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87)
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the United Kingdom
• Uruguay
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Uruguay
• United States of America
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
    • Abortion
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • An Overview of Abortion Laws [2010]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the United States
• Venezuela
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Venezuela
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Facts on induced abortion worldwide [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Induced abortion

Artificial insemination

• Articles in journals
  • Human Reproduction
    • Maximum number of live births per donor in artificial insemination [2007]

Cloning, stem cells

• Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Act 2006 (‘Patterson Bill’) [2007]
    • Stem cells, cloning and related issues
    • Legislative review
    • Human Embryo Research & Cloning
• Canada
  • Cancer Care Ontario
    • Stem Cell Transplantation in Adults: Recommendations [2009]
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
    • Stem Cell Research Ethics: Consensus Statement on Emerging Issues [2007]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Present Role of Stem Cells for Fetal Genetic Therapy [2005]
• Europe
  • Council of Europe
    • Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings [2001]
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Prolongation of Voluntary Moratorium on Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings [2007]
• Germany
  • Nationaler Ethikrat
    • Should the Stem Cell Law be amended? [2007]
    • Cloning for reproductive purposes and cloning for the purposes of biomedical research [2004]
    • Stem cell research [2001]
    • On the import of human embryonic stem cells [2001]
• India
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
    • Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Therapy [2007]
• International
  • United Nations
    • Ad Hoc Committee on an International Convention against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings
  • World Medical Association
    • WMA Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research [2009]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Embryonic stem cells without moral pain? [2005]
• Singapore
  • Bioethics Advisory Committee
    • The Ethical Position of Singapore on Embryonic Stem Cell Research [2003]
• United Kingdom
  • British Fertility Society
    • Cloning [2005]
  • Department of Health UK
    • Report on the potential use of gene therapy in utero [2002]
    • Stem cell
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Neurology
    • Position statement regarding the use of embryonic and adult human stem cells in biomedical research -- American Academy of Neurology and American Neurological Association [2005]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Human Embryo Research [2009]
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • AAAS Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research [2007]
  • American Bioethics Advisory Commission
    • Personhood
    • Cloning
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Cloning
  • American Society of Hematology
    • Statement on Nuclear Transfer and Human Reproductive Cloning
    • Statement in Support of All Avenues of Stem Cell Research
    • ASH Supports Both Adult and Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • American Thoracic Society
    • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research [2006]
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research: Workshop Report [2007]
    • 2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research [2007]
    • Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research [2005]
    • Stem Cells at the National Academies
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Stem cell transplantation in adults: recommendations. Program in Evidence-based Care [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Stem cells - A clinical update [2006]
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Human cloning laws, human dignity and the poverty of the policy making dialogue [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Biomedicine and international human rights law: in search of a global consensus [2002]
  • Development
    • A germ cell origin of embryonic stem cells? [2005]
  • EMBO Reports
    • Stem-cell research: the state of the art [2005]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • The Production and Directed Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells [2006]
  • Genes & Development
    • Cloning v. clowning [2002]
  • Human Reproduction
    • Oocyte donation for stem cell research [2007]
    • Reproductive semi-cloning respecting biparental origin: Reconstitution of gametes for assisted reproduction [2003]
    • Human embryonic stem cells: research, ethics and policy [2003]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Differentiation of germ cells and gametes from stem cells [2009]
    • Differences between human embryonic stem cell lines [2007]
  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
    • Culture systems for pluripotent stem cells [2005]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Embryonic death and the creation of human embryonic stem cells [2004]
  • Journal of Translational Medicine
    • Human embryonic stem cells: preclinical perspectives [2008]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Human embryonic stem cells leap the barrier [2007]
  • Medical Journal of Malaysia
    • Stem Cell Transplantation in Malaysia and Future Directions [2008]
  • Pediatrics
    • Hematopoietic Stem Cells [2004]
  • Physiological Reviews
    • Embryonic Stem Cells: Prospects for Developmental Biology and Cell Therapy [2005]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Moving Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Legislature to Lab: Remaining Legal and Ethical Questions [2006]
  • Reproduction
    • Primate models for assisted reproductive technologies [2004]
    • Derivation, growth and applications of human embryonic stem cells [2004]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Umbilical cord blood banking
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Use of anencephalic newborns as organ donors [2009]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Management of the Mother/Fetus and Newborn Near the Threshold of Neonatal Viability (22-25 Completed Weeks) [2001]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Fetal and Perinatal Autopsy in Prenatally Diagnosed Fetal Abnormalities With Normal Karyotype [2011]
    • Statement on gender selection [2007]
    • Non-Medical Use of Fetal Ultrasound [2007]
    • Fetal Sex Determination and Disclosure [2007]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Care for the unborn child [2009]
    • Considerations pertaining to neonatal life termination [2007]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Borderline Viability Guidelines [2007]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Registration of stillbirths and certification for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks of gestation [2005]
    • Disposal following pregnancy loss before 24 weeks of gestation [2005]
    • Further Issues Relating to Late Abortion, Fetal Viability and Registration of Births and Deaths [2001]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Antenatal Counseling Regarding Resuscitation at an Extremely Low Gestational Age [2009]
    • Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns [2007]
  • Pediatrics
    • Postnatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Synthesis of the Evidence on How Best to Deliver the News [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
    • Towards an Ethical Policy for the Prevention of Fetal Sex Selection in Canada [2010]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • The limits of perinatal viability: grappling with the “grey zone” [2006]
    • Perinatal care at the borderlines of viability: a consensus statement based on a NSW and ACT consensus workshop [2006]
  • Pediatrics
    • Perinatal Care at the Threshold of Viability: An International Comparison of Practical Guidelines for the Treatment of Extremely Preterm Births [2008]
    • Ethical, Legal, and Social Concerns About Expanded Newborn Screening: Fragile X Syndrome as a Prototype for Emerging Issues [2008]
    • Do Differences in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Positions on the Ethics of Maternal-Fetal Interventions Reflect Subtly Divergent Professional Sensitivities to Pregnant Women and Fetuses? [2006]
    • Executive Summary of the Workshop on the Border of Viability [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Induced abortion
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

Ethics, jurisprudence: HIV/AIDS

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • National Guidelines for the Management of People with HIV Who Place Others at Risk [2008]
• Botswana
  • National AIDS Coordinating Agency
    • HIV and AIDS Related Policies and Acts
• Canada
  • Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
    • Publications - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
    • Issues - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
• Ethiopia
  • UNFPA Ethiopia
    • Women & Girls and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia [2008]
    • The Policy and Legal Framework Protecting the Rights of Women and Girls in Ethiopia & Reducing their Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. An Advocacy Toolkit [2008]
• International
  • International Labour Organization
    • International Labour Organization on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Promoting Gender Equity for HIV and Violence Prevention: Results From the PEPFAR Male Norms Initiative Evaluation in Ethiopia [2010]
  • UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
    • Good participatory practice : guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials [2007]
    • Stigma and discrimination
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS [2006]
    • Keeping the Promise: An Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS [2006]
    • Gender Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Promoting Gender Equality
• South Africa
  • Health Systems Trust
    • Health Care Reform and the Crisis of HIV and AIDS in South Africa [2004]
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Understanding Men's Health and Use of Violence: Interface of Rape and HIV In South Africa [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • Department of Health UK
    • Tackling HIV stigma and discrimination [2007]
• United States of America
  • Center for Health and Gender Equity
    • Outcomes of the Symposium on HIV Testing and Human Rights [2006]
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    • Consent For HIV Testing For Patients Who Lack Decision-Making Ability [2002]
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Gender and HIV
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Integrating poverty and gender into health programmes - A sourcebook for health professionals: Module on HIV/AIDS [2008]
  • World Health Organization
    • Using TRIPS flexibities to improve access to HIV treatment: policy brief [2011]
    • HIV/AIDS - stand up for human rights [2010]
    • Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector [2009]
    • Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials : UNAIDS/WHO guidance document [2007]
    • Guidance on ethics and equitable access to HIV treatment and care [2004]
    • Ensuring equitable access to antiretroviral treatment for women [2004]
    • Principles and practices: The implementation of ethical guidelines for research on HIV [2003]
    • Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programs [2003]
    • Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
    • Gender inequalities and HIV
    • Ethical issues raised by the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• Articles in journals
  • African Journal of Reproductive Health
    • HIV/AIDS - Related Stigma and Discrimination in Nigeria: Review of Research Studies and future directions for Prevention Strategies [2010]
  • AIDS
    • Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: A review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward [2008]
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Enrolling adolescents in HIV vaccine trials: Reflections on legal complexities from South Africa [2007]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Barriers to better care for people with AIDS in developing countries [2004]
    • Reframing HIV and AIDS [2003]
    • Ethics guidance for HIV prevention trials [2003]
    • Establishing ethical trials for treatment and prevention of AIDS in developing countries [2003]
    • Antiretroviral treatment in developing countries: the peril of neglecting private providers [2003]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Rethinking HIV exceptionalism: the ethics of opt-out HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa [2010]
    • Ensuring human and sexual rights for men who have sex with men living with HIV [2009]
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • Strategies for gender-equitable HIV services in rural India [2009]
  • Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
    • Pharmaceutical industry's corporate social responsibility towards HIV/AIDS [2006]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • HIV Denial in the Internet Era [2007]
    • The National Security Implications of HIV/AIDS [2006]
    • Enrolling Women into HIV Preventive Vaccine Trials: An Ethical Imperative but a Logistical Challenge [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • HIV/AIDS

Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Ethical approach to genital examination in children [2007]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • The Presence of a Third Party during Breast and Pelvic Examinations [2011]
    • Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Realities and Access to Services for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canada [2011]
    • Maternity Leave in Normal Pregnancy [2011]
    • Pelvic Examinations by Medical Students [2010]
• Ethiopia
  • Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
    • ESOG SRH Ethical Guideline
  • UNFPA Ethiopia
    • Gender Inequality and Women’s Empowerment [2008]
• International
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation/East and South East Asia and Oceania Region
    • SPRINT Facilitator's Manual [2008]
  • Population Council
    • It's All One Curriculum: Guidelines and Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [2009]
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Dialogues for Life: Training Facilitators in Dialogue-Based Behavior Change Communication for Reproductive Health [2007]
  • Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium
    • Reports
    • Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health
    • Maternal & Newborn Health
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings: 2010 Revision for Field Review [2010]
    • Reproductive Health Guidelines
  • United Nations Population Division
    • Fertility, Contraception and Population Policies [2003]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Debriefing after adverse obstetric outcome - query bank [2011]
    • Obtaining Valid Consent to Participate in Research While in Labour [2010]
    • Obtaining Valid Consent for Complex Gynaecological Surgery [2010]
    • Responsibility of Consultant On-call [2009]
    • Hymenoplasty and Labial Surgery [2009]
    • Hymen reconstruction - query bank [2009]
    • Gynaecological Examinations [2002]
  • Royal College of Pathologists
    • National guidelines on a standardised proforma for ‘chain of evidence’ specimen collection and on retention and storage of specimens relating to the management of suspected sexually transmitted infections in children and young people for medicolegal purposes [2005]
• United States of America
  • American Medical Association
    • Reproductive Health And Reproductive Technology [2005]
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
    • The Use of Chaperones During Sensitive Examinations and Treatments [2007]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Maternity leave in normal pregnancy. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2011]
• WHO
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Women's health in prisons : action guidance and checklists to review current policies and practices [2011]
    • How health systems can accelerate progress towards Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health by promoting gender equity : briefing on policy issues produced through the WHO/European Commission equity project [2010]
    • Checklist for assessing the gender responsiveness of sexual and reproductive health policies : pilot document for adaptation to national contexts [2010]
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Integrating poverty and gender into health programmes - A sourcebook for health professionals. Module on sexual and reproductive health [2008]
    • Gender and Rights in Reproductive and Maternal Health: Manual for a Learning Workshop [2007]
  • World Health Organization
    • Sexual and reproductive health during protracted crises and recovery [2011]
    • Sexual and reproductive health core competencies in primary care: attitudes, knowledge, ethics, human rights, leadership, management, teamwork, community work, education, counselling, clinical settings, service, provision [2011]
    • WHO's strategic vision in sexual and reproductive health and rights: business plan 2010-2015 [2010]
    • Policy approaches to engaging men and boys in achieving gender equality and health equity [2010]
    • Evaluation of the WHO training initiative: transforming health systems: gender and rights in reproductive health 1997-2007 [2010]
    • Strategy for integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO [2009]
    • Women’s health and human rights: monitoring the implementation of CEDAW [2007]
    • Gender analysis in health - A review of selected tools [2002]
    • Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights [2001]
    • Considerations for formulating reproductive health laws [2000]
    • Gender and reproductive rights
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Public Health
    • Risk factors for adverse perinatal outcomes in imprisoned pregnant women: a systematic review [2005]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Genetic information: a joint account? [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks [2010]
  • Current Opinion in Psychiatry
    • Ethical Issues in Perinatal Mental Health Research [2009]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Ethics and the proposed treatment for a 13-year-old with atypical gender identity [2004]
    • Acute clinical ethics consultation: the practicalities [2004]
    • Ethical and legal issues and the "new genetics" [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sterilization
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Induced abortion
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn
    • Cloning, stem cells
    • Adolescence

Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques

• Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research [2007]
    • Human Embryo - A biological definition [2005]
    • Policy and Guidance
    • Licensing & Compliance
• Europe
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Lifestyle-related factors and access to medically assisted reproduction [2010]
    • ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 12: Oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes [2007]
• India
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
    • National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision & Regulation of ART Clinics in India [2005]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Report of The Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction [2005]
• New Zealand
  • Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
    • Guidelines and advice issued to the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
• Singapore
  • Bioethics Advisory Committee
    • Donation of Human Eggs for Research [2008]
    • Oocyte Donation - Clinical and Scientific Aspects [2007]
• South Africa
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Reproductive Biology and Genetic research [2002]
• United Kingdom
  • British Fertility Society
    • BFS Response to the Department of Health Consultation on Regulations to Implement the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 [2009]
    • BFS final submitted response to hybrid consultation [2007]
    • BFS response to the HFEA public consultation on The 7th Edition of the Code of Practice [2006]
    • BFS response to the HFEA public consultation on Donating eggs for research: safeguarding donors [2006]
    • Tomorrow's Children [2005]
    • BFS response to the "arms length review" [2004]
    • BFS response to consultation on research licence fees [2004]
    • BFS response to consultation on publication of Inspection reports [2004]
    • BFS evidence to the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee review of the HFE Act [2004]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Current practices and controversies in assisted reproduction [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • Archives of Iranian Medicine
    • Bioethics in Iran: Legislation as the main problem [2002]
  • Asian Journal of Andrology
    • An overview on ethical issues about sperm donation [2009]
  • Bangladesh Medical Journal
    • Ethical Issues in Assisted Conception [2009]
  • British Medical Journal
    • In vitro fertilisation for all? [2003]
    • Assisted conception. III—Problems with assisted conception [2003]
    • Assisted conception and the law in the United Kingdom [2003]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Surrogate pregnancy: a guide for Canadian prenatal health care providers [2007]
    • Bioethics for clinicians: 26. Assisted reproductive technologies [2001]
  • Human Reproduction
    • Human embryo: a biological definition [2007]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Psychosocial aspects of surrogate motherhood [2007]
    • A review of family donor constructs: Current research and future directions [2006]
    • Gestational surrogacy [2003]
    • Evolving ethics in medically assisted reproduction [2003]
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
    • Distributive Justice and Infertility Treatment in Canada [2008]
    • The Assisted Human Reproduction Act [2007]
  • Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
    • In vitro fertilization and stem cell harvesting from human embryos: the law and practice in the United States [2010]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • The student and the ovum: The lack of autonomy and informed consent in trading genes for tuition [2004]
  • Topics in HIV Medicine
    • Reproduction Decision Making for Couples Affected by HIV: A Review of Literature [2004]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Preimplantation diagnosis
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn
    • Cloning, stem cells
    • Assisted reproductive techniques

Umbilical cord blood banking

• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Umbilical cord blood banking : implications for perinatal care providers [2005]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Transplantation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood [2001]
• United Kingdom
  • Department of Health UK
    • Cord blood banking in the UK: an international comparison of policy and practice [2009]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Banking [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation [2007]
  • American Society of Hematology
    • Statement in Support of a Federally Funded National Cord Blood Bank Program
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program [2005]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation. American Academy of Pediatrics [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • Blood
    • New trends in umbilical cord blood transplantation [2005]
    • Unrelated cord blood transplantation for childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a Eurocord Group analysis [2003]
  • Hematology
    • Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) Transplantation: An Alternative to the Use of Unrelated Volunteer Donors? [2007]
    • Stem Cell Transplantation (Cord Blood Transplants) [2004]
  • Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Umbilical Cord Blood (stem cell) Banking [2009]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Untying the Gordian knot: policies, practices, and ethical issues related to banking of umbilical cord blood [2005]
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
    • Use of Umbilical Cord Blood for Stem Cell Research [2010]
  • Medical Journal of Malaysia
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant – Will it Change the Medical Scenario in Malaysia? [2009]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Can Routine Commercial Cord Blood Banking Be Scientifically and Ethically Justified? [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Cloning, stem cells