Modern Medical Technology and the Law

Dominic J. Campisi, Claudia Lowder, and Naznin Bomi Challa recently published their article entitled Heirs in the Freezer:  Bronze Age Biology Confronts Biotechnology, 36 ACTEC J. 179 (Summer 2010).  The introduction is below:

‘Advances in medical technology have far outstripped the development of legal principles to resolve the inevitable disputes arising out of the new reproductive opportunities now available.‘

‘We live in a modern and scientific society and the law must keep pace with these developments.‘

Until legislation is enacted, ‘this area will be meshed in a quagmire of remedial and possibly conflicting policy responses.‘

“We join the chorus of judicial voices pleading for legislative attention to the increasing number of complex legal issues spawned by recent advances in the field of artificial reproduction. Whatever merit there may be to a fact-driven case-by-case resolution of each new issue, some overall legislative guidelines would allow the participants to make informed choices and the courts to strive for uniformity in their decisions.”