Open AccessThe best interests of the child in medically assisted reproduction: A moral-constitutional overview
Author(s) -
Fereniki Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
īthikī/īthikī. periodiko filosofias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6756
pISSN - 1790-6121
DOI - 10.12681/ethiki.25981
Subject(s) - reproduction , human reproduction , human rights , relation (database) , reproductive rights , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , best interests , political science , law , law and economics , sociology , medicine , reproductive health , demography , family medicine , population , biology , computer science , anatomy , ecology , database
The infinite and constantly developing options of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) reasonably raise the issue of its permitted range. Proponents of human rights fight for the strengthening of the reproductive right, the access to it by even more people, such as single parents, same-sex couples, elderly women, HIV carriers etc. Still concerning, however, is the fact that the defenders of human rights often forget the rights of the fetus or the child, which cannot be expressed with the same intensity. In the framework of the present study, we investigate the true interests of the child in MAR, in relation to the reproductive right in the light of some borderline cases.