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  • Reproductive Law
  • Bioethics
  • Comparative Legislation

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  • Artificial reproductive technologies (ART) challenge existing legal and ethical frameworks for parenthood and consent.
  • Posthumous assisted reproduction presents complex legal and ethical issues, particularly concerning consent for a child born after a father's death.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a comparative analysis of legislation and regulations for posthumous reproduction via embryo transfer in European countries.
  • To contextualize the practice of posthumous reproduction within existing legal and ethical landscapes.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative legal analysis of laws and regulatory guidelines from Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
  • Utilized legal databases, national ART authority publications, and academic articles as sources.

Main Results:

  • A fragmented legal landscape for posthumous reproduction exists across Europe.
  • France categorically prohibits posthumous reproduction, while other surveyed nations permit it with varying procedural and temporal safeguards.
  • Explicit, written, and pre-mortem consent is a common requirement across permitted jurisdictions.

Conclusions:

  • Posthumous reproduction is generally viewed as a continuation of a parental project.
  • Consent models and temporal limitations (e.g., waiting periods, time limits) differ significantly among European countries.
  • Italy lacks specific time restrictions, while the Netherlands applies the general ART age limit.