title: [Eugenics and the protection of the human species in bioethical laws. Toward a new legal construction of man].
abstract: The aim of this study is to bring to the fore some issues concerning human rights unleashed by the bioethical laws of July 1994, regarding the application of biotechnologies to reproduction. To  achieve this aim, an analysis is offered of the legal arrangements, set by law in order to determine the procedures related to the selection of embryos and the transformation of their genetic characteristics. These analyses are then compared to the eugenic procedures instituted in the West during the first half of the xxth century. As a result, the idea is challenged, that eugenics is a category fit for the characterizing the biopolitical project contained in the bioethical laws. To conclude, the aim is made that what is a stake, as far as human rights are concerned, is the fate of the idea of man and of the subject of rights that is involved in these laws.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iacub
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history*; D001695:Biology / Q000266:history; D005053:Eugenics / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006806:Human Rights / Q000266:history*; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: L'eugenisme et la protection de l'espece humaine dans les lois bioethiques. Vers une nouvelle construction juridique de l'homme.