This is the first in a series of films documenting the recent event 'Frozen Fertility: The Challenges of Storing Eggs, Sperm and Embryos', produced by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) in partnership with the Scottish Government.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
The film features opening introductions by:
- Sarah Norcross (director of PET, and commissioning editor of BioNews)
- Professor Allan Pacey (trustee at PET, and head of oncology and metabolism at the University of Sheffield)
If you are interested in this topic, please consider signing and sharing PET's #ExtendTheLimit petition, calling for an extension to the 10-year storage limit for eggs frozen for non-medical reasons.
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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