Ethical and Legal Issues of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in IVF Couples

Abstract

Objectives: to describe the ethical and legal issues of the actual and predictable uses of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for in vitro fertilization (IVF) couples.
Material and method: an examination of the present ethical and legal uncertainties enclosing the utilization of PGD after IVF procedures and future legal and ethical perspectives that will emerge from its clinical application.
Results: Some of the PGD are still theoretical with a great potential to drop individual`s suffering of genetic diseases which can determine disability or even death. PGD can be utilized in order to choose particular features, decreasing, over the time, genetic diversity.
Conclusions: PGD represents a technique that helps to eliminate embryos with genetic disorders before their development, being linked with in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. Therefore, the ethical and legal implications of PGD related to IVF need to be analyzed in order to ensure that the method is utilized only where is medically rightful