Link: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/26/many-young-cancer-patients-dont-discuss-fertility/
Summary: Many women aged 40 or younger who have been diagnosed with cancer were not told by their doctors of the possibility of embryo and egg-freezing procedures. Because doctors do not always discuss this procedure with their patients, the patients may lose the opportunity to have children in the future. Egg-freezing may not always be covered by insurance and can cost from about $8,000 to $24,000.
Question: Even though egg freezing may not be covered by insurance, should doctors be obligated to discuss this procedure with their patients? If a doctor does not discuss this, should a patient be eligible to sue his or her doctor?
The option must be open for all women to have this procedure. Everyone should have the ability to have children even if one is diagnosed with cancer. This is for the good of the gene pool and well as the mental health of the mother. I don't believe it is a matter of suit but one of education but a doctor should inform their patient regardless of circumstance.
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