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A Reverse Genetic Approach to Test Functional Redundancy During Embryogenesis
Published on: August 11, 2010
[The Evans case and the right not to be forced to reproduce]
1Facultad de Derecho, Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastián, España.
Abstract:
The article analyses the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Evans v. United Kingdom, of March 7, 2006 (application no. 6339/05) from the perspective of the nature and the effects of a consent together with the conservation and disposal of cryopreserved embryos. Several prevailing normative models are studied in order to look at the disposal of embryos and to test its legal consistency. As a conclusion and basing it on the Evans case, there is a proposition to distinguish between the acts of disposal of spare embryos from IVF programs and the deposit of embryos as a way to prevent lack of fertility.
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