Analysis of court decisions in cases on provision of in vitro fertilization services in Ukraine and Europe

Análisis de las decisiones judiciales en casos sobre la prestación de servicios de fertilización in vitro en Ucrania y Europa

• Volodymyr Kossak Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-7461
• Alla Herts Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3310-3159
• Mykola Stefanchuk National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2983-2770
• Svitlana Senyk Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-5282
• Inna Zaitseva-Kalaur West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5844

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4075.12

Abstract

The main reason for the rapid development and promotion of reproductive technologies is the desire to have children of people who, for certain reasons, create such an opportunity. When writing the article, such methods were used as: historical, analysis, synthesis, systemic, functional, special-legal. It is argued that two types of reproductive technologies are of particular importance for medical law: in vitro fertilization and surrogacy. It is argued that such reproductive technologies as in vitro fertilization are an auxiliary introduction of donor material (sperm or egg) into all forms of a woman. It is also noted that not all researchers today support and consider optimal the formulations established in the main legislative acts of Ukraine on health care, regarding the right of every woman capable of fertilizing and implanting an embryo. The conclusions emphasize the importance of providing legislative guarantees for the possibility of introducing certain reproductive technologies for people who need such interventions for medical reasons. It is proposed to classify the principles of donation of reproductive cells such as sperm, oocytes and embryos. For this purpose, court rulings in cases involving the provision of in vitro fertilization services were also analyzed.

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