title: [Comparisons of legal conditions for reproductive medicine in Germany with other European states and the need for reform that emerges].
abstract: This article gives an overview of the rules and principles established in Germany with regard to reproductive medicine. In addition the article outlines the respective rules that exist in western European states and investigates the bioethics principles established by the Council of Europe and the UNESCO. Compared with those of the western European states the German rules are rigid, restrictive and conservative. Because in an open international society the more liberal approaches will prevail, it will not be possible, in the long run, to uphold the distinctions made by the German rules.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl Sozialrecht und Bürgerliches Recht, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena. ee@recht.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eichenhofer
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards