Consideraciones bioéticas y jurídicas sobre la biotecnología con fines eugenésicos

Abstract

New biotechnology achievements linked to reproduction raises bioethical-legal questions of great importance. Indeed, as reproductive possibilities proliferate, ethical conflicts proliferate as well favoring eugenics: embryo selection, sex selection of the person to be born, use of persons with therapeutic end for others. In this article, bioethical issues in conflict will be analyzed, not forgetting existing legal regulation of these biotechnological practices linked to reproduction.