Regulating Assisted Reproduction in the EU: Time for a new Directive?
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Takis Vidalis
Takis Vidalis, Legal officer of the National Bioethics Commision – Greece. He teaches “Bioethics and Law” in the Postgraduate Programme on Bioethics at the University of Crete
Abstract
Introduction
Three decades of continuing research on assisted reproduction, particularly on IVF, offer us nowadays a large variety of methods and techniques for supporting successfully the human reproductive abilities. To give some figures, according to recent information by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), during this period, more than 3 million IVF children have been born worldwide, with a pace of 200000 births per year. In Europe, we have the 56% of these births, with an annual increase of about 10%.
About the author
Takis Vidalis, Legal officer of the National Bioethics Commision – Greece. He teaches “Bioethics and Law” in the Postgraduate Programme on Bioethics at the University of Crete
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Articles in the same Issue
- Editorial
- Four Key Roles for Regulation of Biotechnology: Are They Being Fulfilled at the International Level?
- Regulating Assisted Reproduction in the EU: Time for a new Directive?
- Current Regulation of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in the European Union
- The UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and the CBD
- Legal Limitations on Genetic Research and the Commercialisation of its Results in the Republic of Croatia
- From ethical advice to legal regulation: History and practise of Research Ethics Committees in Germany
