Moaya Mansoureh, Shahali Shadab, Lamyian Minoor, Milanifar Alireza, Azin Seyed-Mohammad
Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Ethics, Avicenna Institute, Tehran, Iran.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2025 Mar 5;39:35. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.39.35. eCollection 2025.
With the advancements in fertility preservation technology, such as egg freezing, women could now preserve their gametes for potential future parenthood. It is important to explore how the needs of women are addressed and supported throughout the egg-freezing process. By investigating the experiences of research participants, we aimed to identify how reproductive rights are interpreted for egg-freezing applicants in Iranian infertility centers.
In this qualitative study, 16 service providers and 5 egg-freezing applicants in infertility treatment centers in Iran were interviewed. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. All interviews were recorded and after transcription, conventional qualitative content analysis was used for data analysis.
Issues related to specific requirements for evaluating the reproductive rights of egg-freezing applicants included the following: the right to preserve fertility, the right to access psychological support services,the right to decide the fate of the oocyte, the right to trust and privacy, and the right to one's own body.
Women had the right to decide the fate of their eggs and choose to preserve them for future uses. Service providers played a role by offering comprehensive information about the egg-freezing process, considering applicants' requests, and offering psychological support to those interested. It seemed, trusting and using this emerging technology, users can protect their reproductive rights by preventing infertility in the future.
随着生育力保存技术的进步，如卵子冷冻，女性现在可以保存她们的配子以备未来生育之需。探讨在整个卵子冷冻过程中女性的需求是如何得到满足和支持的非常重要。通过调查研究参与者的经历，我们旨在确定伊朗不孕不育中心如何解读卵子冷冻申请者的生殖权利。
在这项定性研究中，对伊朗不孕不育治疗中心的16名服务提供者和5名卵子冷冻申请者进行了访谈。通过半结构化访谈收集数据。所有访谈均进行了录音，转录后采用传统定性内容分析法进行数据分析。
与评估卵子冷冻申请者生殖权利的具体要求相关的问题包括：生育力保存权、获得心理支持服务权、决定卵母细胞命运权、信任和隐私权以及身体自主权。
女性有权决定其卵子的命运并选择将其保存以备未来使用。服务提供者通过提供有关卵子冷冻过程的全面信息、考虑申请者的请求以及为有兴趣的人提供心理支持来发挥作用。似乎，信任并使用这项新兴技术，使用者可以通过预防未来的不孕不育来保护自己的生殖权利。
