This film documents the Progress Educational Trust (PET) event '#ExtendTheLimit: What Now For Egg Freezing?', which discussed the future of egg freezing in light of the UK Government's announcement that it intends to extend gamete and embryo storage limits (see BioNews 1111).
Please help to keep up the pressure on the Government, by signing and sharing our online petition at www.change.org/extendthelimit
The '#ExtendTheLimit' event was sponsored by the British Fertility Society, CooperSurgical, the London Egg Bank, the Senior Infertility Nurse Group and TMRW Life Sciences.
(If you cannot see the film of the event below, click here to view it.)
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| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
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| Presentations | |
| 0:04:00 | Steve Pugh Team Leader for Assisted Conception and Embryology, Department of Health and Social Care |
| 0:13:33 | Joanne Anton Head of Policy, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| 0:27:03 | Mark Wilcox Group Medical Director, CARE Fertility |
| 0:36:48 | Professor Jason Kasraie Chair, Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists |
| 0:47:48 | Sharon Jones Patient who has frozen her eggs, and patient face of the #ExtendTheLimit campaign and petition |
| 0:58:06 | Baroness Ruth Deech Crossbench Peer, House of Lords |
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| Discussion | |
| 1:07:27 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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