title: [Assisted reproduction and artificial insemination and genetic manipulation in the Criminal Code of the Federal District, Mexico].
abstract: The article that one presents has for purpose outline and comment on the recent modifications to the Penal Code for the Federal District of México which establish, for the first time, crimes related to the artificial procreation and to the genetic manipulation. Also one refers to the interaction of the new legal texts with the sanitary legislation of the country. Since it will be stated in some cases they present confrontations between the penal and the sanitary reglamentation and some points related to the legality or unlawfulness of a conduct that stayed without the enough development. These lacks will complicate the application of the new rules of the Penal Code of the Federal District.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo Interdisciplinario en Salud y Derecho del Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brena Sesma
mesh_terms: D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008800:Mexico; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*