On the Legislation of Human Assisted Reproductive Technology in China
Human assisted reproductive technology,as a high-risk modern medical technology for assisted re-production,is not only a necessary auxiliary means to promote high-quality population development but also a high-risk technology that raises various social and ethical issues.The reasonable and proper application of human assisted reproductive technology should adhere to the principle of legislation first.Promoting the leg-islation of human assisted reproductive technology in China should focus on the key issue of legislative qual-ity,accurately understand and properly handle several important dialectical relationships in legislation:First,balance the two legislative goals of promoting technological innovation and risk prevention,ensuring high-quality population development through high-level technological safety.Second,effectively utilize both ethi-cal governance and legal governance as means of regulation,fostering good governance through sound laws.Third,maintain a problem-oriented approach,emphasizing practicality,and establish a system for the access of human assisted reproductive technology,setting legal prohibitions on third-party reproduction,regulating the types of human fertility preservation technologies,and determining the parent-child relationships of chil-dren born through human assisted reproductive technology.Fourth,optimize the legal system to ensure that the basic principles of laws related to human assisted reproductive technology are aligned with specific regu-lations,and that the design of incentive mechanisms runs parallel to the legal liability system.Fifth,leverage both external experiences and local resources,focusing on China's national conditions,summarizing the main contents and development trends of the governance system for human assisted reproductive technology in China,while also reasonably drawing on the successful experiences of various countries'governance mod-els and legal systems in this field.
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