The limits of personal autonomy: reproductive rights as case study for a research into the conditions of a fundamental principle of law KU Leuven
Scientific developments within medically assisted procreation generate more and more possibilities for prospective parents. One of these new techniques is pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), which enables the screening of embryos, not only for genetic defects, but also other traits, like gender or eye colour. The perfectibility of man slowly becomes apossible reality in this way.
The central question of this research is ...