The Legal Implications of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

The object of this paper is to analyze: (1) the pertinent ethical arguments for and against Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD); (2) the international rules which apply to PGD; and (3) the different legal approaches and policies towards PGD in selected European States. Finally it will consider the consequences of those differing approaches in Europe towards PGD for a couple's right to procreative autonomy and will try to establish if the UK's legai model is the one which best the different interests and rights at stake