In Vitro Fertilization. The Rights of the Unborn Child according to the Regulations Contained in the National and European Legislation
In Vitro Fertilization. The Rights of the Unborn Child according to the Regulations Contained in the National and European Legislation

Summary/Abstract: The in vitro fertilization procedure involves rigorous knowledge of the category of human rights which concerns, in particular, the right to life and health of the child and women. The protection of human life and dignity are part of the primary obligations of any rule of law, and this protection includes prenatal life, respectively the protection of the rights of the unborn child. Both European norms and national criminal legal provisions ensure the existence and observance of a functional legal framework to protect in case of need the rights of the fetus, the in vitro fertilization procedure being especially likely to give rise to legal situations involving the knowledge and observance of all the rights associated with the human being.

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