POST-MORTEM ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN BRAZILIAN LAW

The present article investigates the main questions regarding the acceptance of post mortem assisted reproduction in Brazil. First, the treatment of the matter by the Federal Council of Medicine is addressed. The orphanhood of the offspring, the consent of the deceased donor, the fertile widow'...

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Autor: Ribeiro, Raphael Rego Borges
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista de Biodireito e Direito dos Animais
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/2026
Acceso en línea:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistarbda/article/view/2026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Assisted reproduction
Posthumous reproduction
Bioethics and Law
Post mortem reproduction
Federal Council of Medicine
Reprodução assistida
reprodução póstuma
reprodução post mortem
biodireito
conselho federal de medicina
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Sumario:The present article investigates the main questions regarding the acceptance of post mortem assisted reproduction in Brazil. First, the treatment of the matter by the Federal Council of Medicine is addressed. The orphanhood of the offspring, the consent of the deceased donor, the fertile widow's access to the artificial conception, the egoistic motivations for the use of the technique, and the supposed unequal succession treatment given to the posthumous children are questioned. In the end, without discarding the existence of several other discussions, the present work concluded that the Brazilian legal system welcomes the performance of assisted reproduction post mortem.