Assisted Reproductive Technology in Spain: Considering Women's Interests

It might come as a surprise to many that Spain, a country with a strong Catholic tradition that officially banned contraceptive technologies until 1978, has some of the most liberal regulations in assisted reproduction in the world. Law No. 35/1988 was one of the first and most detailed acts of legi...

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Main Author: Melo-Martín, Inmaculada De (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2009
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 228-235
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Summary:It might come as a surprise to many that Spain, a country with a strong Catholic tradition that officially banned contraceptive technologies until 1978, has some of the most liberal regulations in assisted reproduction in the world. Law No. 35/1988 was one of the first and most detailed acts of legislation undertaken on the subject of assisted-conception procedures. Indeed, not only did the law permit research on nonviable embryos, it made assisted reproductive technologies available to any woman, whether married or not, through the national healthcare system.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180109090379