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CDA opposes human egg-freezing planWednesday 15 July 2009 The ruling Christian Democrats are strongly opposed to plans by Amsterdam University's medical centre to begin freezing eggs for women who may want to have a baby at a later age, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday. CDA MP Janneke Schermers told the Volkskrant the idea is 'undesirable' and would involve a medical procedure without medical need. The plan to offer single women egg harvesting and freezing services is unveiled by the head of the centre's reproduction unit in an interview with Vrij Nederland magazine. The technique is already offered to young women who may become infertile because of treatment for cancer. The centre plans to offer to store the eggs for women up to the age of 50 from next year. 'But by that age, pregnancy is artificial and requires hormone treatment,' said Schermers. 'We should not want that.' Junior coalition party and orthox Christian grouping ChristenUnie has not yet taken a stand. The health ministry has no objections to the plan, the Volkskrant said. However, it reported the government's medicial advisory institute Rathenau as saying the plan is an indirect way to get round the current ban on embryo research in the Netherlands. Dutch women have their first baby on average just before they turn 30, making them among the oldest first-time mothers in the world. © DutchNews.nl
"A medical procedure without medical need"! I guess I should stop brushing my teeth since they are not already fallen out! This is a need - a preventative need. Why should we wait until a woman is infertile, then have to pay considerable amounts to treat her infertility when her eggs could have been stored well in advance? Prevention, people, prevention. And what of the women who experience infertility early in life, i.e. before 50 - is that still "unnatural" for them to have hormone therapy and have children? Surely they are exempted from these considerations. Antiquated notions of what is and what is not "natural" have no place in modern society. It is not natural for humans to fly in airplanes, yet we do not ban that for fear of the "unnatural" (and, yes, flying in airplanes does lead to deaths sometimes). Generally, "natural" is a secret way of saying "religious". By Matt | July 15, 2009 4:52 PM I know someone who had a baby at the "ripe old age" of 50. The baby was conceived naturally, with no outside help aside that of her husband. I am sure she was not the only one. By Q | July 16, 2009 7:50 AM
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Chirstian Democrats should stick to the 'Democrats' part of their identity and search for real problems. As if now Dutch society is slowly shifting from 30year old first time mums to 49 year old. it's good thing for those who do need such delay.
By Jimbo | July 15, 2009 12:54 PM