D'une éthique « normative » à un « droit de la bioéthique » ?

A fundamental point in this respect is the moral and legal status of this “child-to-be”, embryo or foetus, undoubtedly a human being, and frequently a “patient”, but according to French law neither a person nor a thing. Since the development of prenatal echography as well as of IVF, such an approach is no longer sustainable and a renewal of this approach is becoming urgent, about the legal and ethical status of embryo and foetus, the definition of their rights and of our duties towards them.