Publication details
Ochrana embrya a plodu v trestním a občanském právu
| Title in English | Protection of Embryo and Foetus in Criminal and Private Law |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Časopis zdravotnického práva a bioetiky |
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| Web | Open access časopisu |
| Keywords | embryo;foetus;nasciturus;legal status;wrongful life;prenatal injury |
| Description | What is the status of an embryo and a foetus? This question has been always the object of interest not only to lawyers, but also to experts in other disciplines. Despite the fact, that knowledge about the circumstances of the origin and development of human life during the prenatal period has greatly expanded, there is still no consensus on that, when and why each of us once became a person and a holder of rights. The intention of this article is not to provide a wide range of individual philosophical or legal approaches to the problem, but to perform a definition of the legal status of an embryo and a foetus in the Czech Republic, with the focus on the specifics of its legal protection. |