Reformbedürftigkeit des Fortpflanzungsmedizinrechts

In Germany, technologies and procedures that serve to induce pregnancy are strongly regulated or forbidden by the embryo protection law. Marie-Theres Merrem initially takes a critical look at the current legal situation, with particular emphasis on egg, semen and embryo donation, elective single embryo transfer, gestational surrogacy, post-mortem fertilization, and egg freezing. Based on this, implementation proposals for a renewed Reproductive Medicine Act are presented, which takes current scientific knowledge, social values and the needs of those affected into account.