“Writing about the place of birth? Absurd”, “No consent of the donor? Enough … – Gazeta.pl

"Writing about the place of birth? Absurd", "No consent of the donor? Enough … – Gazeta.pl

Ethics Assoc. Paul bows out of UW is estimated that the project is very careful. – The document is economical from the normative and has a dimension of medical tight. This applies almost exclusively to medical issues, only once mentioned the question concerning the respect for human dignity. And it draws attention, but on the other hand, you may need to accept that in a society where people have quite different views on such a controversial and important issues can not be too much to prejudge the level of the law – says bows.

Ethics wonders provision allowing download the consent of the court of reproductive cells from a donor who can not knowingly consent to it. – I admit that this passage is quite mysterious to me, because I can not watch intent. I’m trying to imagine the circumstances that would have to be extraordinary – he said bows.

It will be difficult for compromise

The philosopher and ethicist Professor. Jacek Holowka of UW resembles, in turn, that “at this time in Poland there are no legal arrangements on how to be carried out in vitro.”

– I find this situation quite happy, although not ideal. It would be reasonable if it were made right, but not really imagine that a reasonable law will be introduced. Ie. I do not know how the different political parties wish to refer to this project, but the conflict seems so clear that you can not achieve such legal provisions, which on one hand would be clearly focused on achieving medical purposes, and on the other – did not raise religious controversy – Holowka says.

“You have to protect the rights of patients”

– This project is not only necessary, but necessary, on the one hand because of the need to implement EU directives in the area, but mainly because of the need to protect patients’ rights – says Anna Krawczak, President of the Association DAZ acting for the treatment of infertility.

Krawczak criticized, however, for writing in the bill that the child will be provided information about the date and place of birth of the donor and the state of his health.

According to her “record of the knowledge of the date and place of birth is absurd, because the spirit is such as to protect the anonymity of donors, and the date and place of birth in the case of a birth in a small town will allow ample opportunity to identify a particular person. ” – This record is not equal to all donors prefer those from large cities, where anonymity can be maintained – assesses and predicts that the association also reports in this regard due to the project.

Krawczak very positively responded to the provisions introducing criminal sanctions include for trade in embryos or cells. – Now, there are special websites which aim to associate the donor or the donor of the prospective parents to trade in the cells, because it lacked regulations in the area – she said.

Poland behind Union

Poland is the last EU country which has not yet settled at the level of the statutory issues related to the donation, collection, processing, testing, storage and distribution of reproductive cells and embryos . The project adapts the national legislation in this regard to EU directives, which our country is obliged to implement. The European Commission in September last year announced that it will sue Poland to the EU Court of Justice for failure to fully implement the EU directive on the quality and safety of human tissues and cells.

The draft stipulates that the in vitro procedure would be available not only for married couples, but also for the people staying together “cohabitation”, as well as a donation niepartnerskie. This type of donation or being a recipient would be anonymous, would affect both reproductive cells (sperm and eggs) and embryos.

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