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International policies on posthumous reproduction: a pilot survey study

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  1. Barnard College, New York, NY, USA

    Morgan A. Lawrence

  2. College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Laura McLean

  3. Department of OB-GYN, College of Medicine, NYU, New York, NY, USA

    Amani Sampson, Dona Jalili & Gwendolyn P. Quinn

  4. Division of Medical Ethics, College of Medicine, NYU, NYU Langone Health, 550 1st Ave NBV 9N1-F, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Arthur Caplan & Gwendolyn P. Quinn

  5. Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA

    Mahmoud Salama

  6. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kara N. Goldman

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Lawrence, M.A., McLean, L., Sampson, A. et al. International policies on posthumous reproduction: a pilot survey study. J Assist Reprod Genet 39, 2677–2679 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-022-02635-5

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