title: A medico-legal evaluation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Turkey.
abstract: In Turkey, as possibly in the case of several or even many other countries, infertility is generally regarded as a negative phenomenon in women. Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs), which provide certain childless couples with the possibility of having a baby, are being applied more and more frequently in this country, apparently as has been the case in the world at large. From a medicolegal point of view, the related applications in Turkey can only be realized in the case of married couples. Other forms of application in this area, on the other hand, such as sperm banks or surrogate motherhood, are not allowed legally. A text which was called "Guidelines Regarding the Centers of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer" was prepared in 1987 by the Ministry of Health. The aim of these Guidelines is to find solutions to the medico-legal problems created by the application of ARTs in this country.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Deontology, Ankara Medical Faculty, Shhiye, Turkey.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Pelin
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013074:Sperm Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013533:Gestational Carriers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014421:Turkey