A challenged choice: donating spare embryos to stem cell research in Switzerland

Switzerland may have embryos in excess of their clinical need that they can donate to human em-bryonic stem cell research. Thus a new practice has emerged in Switzerland when IVF treatment and embryonic stem cell research come into con-tact. This interface needs to be investigated from an ethical-legal point of view to facilitate a fair in-formed choice process for the couples involved. Methods: Ethical analysis, patient perspectives elaboration. Interdisciplinary approach that draw