Some issues of legal regulation in the application of assisted reproductive technologies for the treatment of infertility

The article presents the results of the analysis of family-legal and civil-legal aspects arising from relations in the application of assisted reproductive technologies (hereinafter referred to as ART). The analysis of the legal regulation of germ cell donation, legal problems of anonymity of donors was carried out. The provisions of a number of international acts served as the normative base for the study. These provisions include the final documents adopted at the UN International Conference on Population and Development and the IV UN World Conference on the Status of Women [1, 2]. An analysis of the legislation regulating the use of ART in the Republic of Belarus was carried out. The subject of the research is also the legislative regulation of the use of ART in foreign countries, the works of scientists in the field of medicine and jurisprudence. The studies were carried out on the basis of traditional methods of scientific research of state-legal institutions, the use of methods for interpreting civil law norms contributed to the study of aspects of the topic, the empirical base of the study was the acts of the judiciary on the issues under study, the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.Important data for the study were obtained through a survey of doctors providing services using ARTinMinsk(conducted by the author). To reveal the social attitudes of the use of invitro fertilization (hereinafter referred to as IVF) among people suffering from infertility, a survey was conducted at the personal request of people suffering from infertility (conducted by the author). The proposals and conclusions formulated in the article can be used in law-making activities aimed at improving the legislation on ART in the Republic of Belarus, as well as in the process of teaching civil and family law of the Republic of Belarus in educational institutions.

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