Reproductive Tourism in Europe: Infertility and Human Rights

Global Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Deech, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345547401     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-00904003     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. M. Dolanska and D. Evans, "Patient Perception of Assisted Conception Services," in D. Evans, ed., Creating the Child (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer, 1996), show that over half the relevant European population were willing to travel abroad to seek ART.
2. Re. MB (1997) 38 Butterworth's Medico-Legal Reports 175; St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S, R v. Collins, ex parte S [1998]. 3 All England Law Reports 673.
3. Re. MB (1997) 38 Butterworth's Medico-Legal Reports 175; St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S, R v. Collins, ex parte S [1998]. 3 All England Law Reports 673.
4. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, 1997, Art. 8, available online at http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/164.htm.
5. [1996] 3 Weekly Law Reports 1176, available online at http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/library/usered/citerefs.htm.
6. Customs & Excise Commissioners v Schindler, Case C-275/92.
7. "When because of an emergency situation the appropriate consent cannot be obtained, any medically necessary intervention may be carried out immediately for the benefit of the health of the individual concerned."
8. T. Hervey, "Buy Baby: The European Union and Regulation of Human Reproduction," Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 18 (1998): 207.
9. R. Deech, "Fertility and Ethics," Child and Family Law Quarterly 9 (1997): 337. The HFEA's stated policies are: "The respect which is due to human life at all stages in its development; the right of people who are or may be infertile to the proper consideration of their request for treatment; a concern for the welfare of children, which cannot always be adequately protected by concerns for the interests of the adults involved; and a recognition of the benefits, both to individuals and to society which can flow from the responsible pursuit of medical and scientific knowledge." (Code of Practice, 4th ed., 1998, p.5).
10. R. Deech, "Fertility and Ethics," Child and Family Law Quarterly 9 (1997): 337. The HFEA's stated policies are: "The respect which is due to human life at all stages in its development; the right of people who are or may be infertile to the proper consideration of their request for treatment; a concern for the welfare of children, which cannot always be adequately protected by concerns for the interests of the adults involved; and a recognition of the benefits, both to individuals and to society which can flow from the responsible pursuit of medical and scientific knowledge." (Code of Practice, 4th ed., 1998, p.5).
11. Human Fertilization and Embryology Act, sections 13, 14, 25, and 31.
12. Commission v U.K., Case 124/81, [1983] European Court Reports 203 (UHT milk).
13. Amendments to this public health provision were made by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997.
14. Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology (1984), Cmmd. 9314, para. 4.26, available online at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/R60ABBREV; HFEA Code of Practice, 4th ed., 1998, para. 7.18.
15. Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology (1984), Cmmd. 9314, para. 4.26, available online at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/R60ABBREV; HFEA Code of Practice, 4th ed., 1998, para. 7.18.
16. Human Fertilization and Embryology Act, section 31(5).
17. Human Rights Act, section 3.