Thoughts on the revision of the bioethics law in the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). the end of a conceptual framework?

Abstract

This contribution aims at analysing and presenting a comparative dimension concerning the issues raised for the upcoming French Bioethics law revision in the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ART): access of female same-sex couples and single women to ART; the authorization of post-mortem procreation; enlarging eligibility criteria for oocyte self-conservation; and lifting the anonymity of gamete donation. These questions touch at the very heart of the French bioethics model conceived in 1994, and their revision would constitute a conceptual upheaval.