Between "Medical" and "Social" Egg Freezing : A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks in Austria, Germany, Israel, and the Netherlands.

Egg freezing has led to heated debates in healthcare policy and bioethics. A crucial issue in this context concerns the distinction between "medical" and "social" egg freezing (MEF and SEF)-contrasting objections to bio-medicalization with claims for oversimplification. Yet such categorization remains a criterion for regulation.