title: [Eugenics: progress or backward movement?].
abstract: Throughout this article there is a critical analysis of how genetics presents a dilemma for "human progress". So much so, that the legal world aims to create unequivocal norms and guarantees in relation with eugenics in order to avoid attempting against human dignity. The document makes the reader reflect on the ethical problems that eugenics can entail.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios sobre Genética y Derecho, Universidad de Externado de Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Emilssen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González de Cancino
mesh_terms: D005053:Eugenics / Q000639:trends*; D009626:Terminology as Topic