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The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review

Rebecca Thorp

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In 2003, the case of R (on the Application of Quintavalle) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority1 dramatically brought into light the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 as outdated and inconsistent. Authorisations for saviour sibling treatment appeared futile as cases were decided illogically, leaving some patients having to seek treatment elsewhere. The procedure of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis alongside tissue typing embryos has been a huge breakthrough in treating children born with serious life threatening diseases. However, this essentially unforeseen technology is poorly regulated in the 1990 Act and has therefore resulted in the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which aims to make such legal rules regarding this kind of treatment both clear and concise. Whether this has been a success will be seen in time.

Publication Date

2009-01-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

71

Last Page

94

ISSN

2054-149X

Deposit Date

March 2017

Embargo Period

2024-11-01

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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