title: [Ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Case of Artavia Murillo et al (in vitro fertilization) v. Costa Rica; new hopes for the reproductive freedom in Latin America].
abstract: Modern reproductive technology has not been completely accepted and, especially in-vitro fertilization, IVF has generated serious social, political and legal controversies in Latin America. We may distinguish two trends that show us the oppositions; on one hand, the primacy of the embryo's live and its protection during artificial reproductive process and on the other, the primacy of liberal access to assisted reproduction techniques. The debate came to the fore, after a ruling by the Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber who banned de IVF in 2000. The damaged couples after fulfilling the process toward the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, present a petition to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Court's sentence and its arguments will be the subject of these comments as well that will allow to considered that both of them should be considered as a very important step towards the construction of a secular liberal vision over the assisted reproduction in Latin America.
authors: Núcleo de Estudios en Derecho y Salud del Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F, México.
authors: Ingrid
authors: I
authors: Brena
mesh_terms: D003364:Costa Rica; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D046269:Reproductive Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*