Extraterritoriality for cross-border reproductive care: Should states act against citizens travelling abroad for illegal infertility treatment?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 546-554

  Van Hoof, Wannes ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

abortion tourism; child sex tourism; extraterritoriality; female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; reproductive tourism

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CROSS BORDER REPRODUCTIVE CARE; DEONTOLOGY; DONOR; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TOURISM; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PROSTITUTION; PUNISHMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TRAVEL;

COMMERCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 80455177086     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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