Cultural influences on medical law.
The law concerning assisted conception is particularly challenged when there is a breakdown in the relationship between a couple who has embarked on treatment and the treatment has already reached the stage of producing embryos ready for transplantation. The right of either party to use or to destroy the embryos may be the subject of a legal battle between them. Two cases of this nature, which resulted in differing decisions, are the English case of Evans v Amicus Healthcare Ltd and the Israeli case of Nachmani v Nachmani. The legal reasoning behind the decisions is explored within a subtext of differing attitudes to assisted conception in England and Israel.
School of Law, University of East London.
Sharon
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Levy
D003469:Culture; D019924:Embryo Disposition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*