ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONCERNS - REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES 1990-1993

After the rapid increase in reports, bills, and regulations on assiste d reproductive technologies (ART) in the 1980s, the first 3 years of t he 1990s reveal a continuation of this trend notably in three major as pects. First, a certain consistency has developed in terms of the cond itions of accessibility to ART, the definition of infertility, the ter ms of donation, and the primacy of social filiation, so that anonymity remains controversial. Second, the importance of protection of geneti c material has been reaffirmed with regard to gamete and embryo conser vation, embryo research, and, in particular, the acceptability of prei mplantation diagnosis. Finally, the framework of practices concerning accreditation and control, organization of national data, and manageme nt of nominative information has been increasingly refined.