The object of this paper is to analyze: (1) the pertinent ethical arguments for and against Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD); (2) the international rules which apply to PGD; and (3) the different legal approaches and policies towards PGD in selected European States. Finally it will consider the consequences of those differing approaches in Europe towards PGD for a couple's right to procreative autonomy and will try to establish if the UK's legai model is the one which best the different interests and rights at stake

The Legal Implications of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

2012

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The object of this paper is to analyze: (1) the pertinent ethical arguments for and against Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD); (2) the international rules which apply to PGD; and (3) the different legal approaches and policies towards PGD in selected European States. Finally it will consider the consequences of those differing approaches in Europe towards PGD for a couple's right to procreative autonomy and will try to establish if the UK's legai model is the one which best the different interests and rights at stake
2012
Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche - ITB
978-88-470-2031-3
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis; Human Rights; Law No. 40/2004; HUFEA
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