Carlos José Valerio Monge
JBRA Assist. Reprod. 2012; 16 (4):243-244
Received July 17, 2022
Accepted December 01, 2022
Abstract
It may be Costa Rica, the country where the issue of IVF has been widely discussed from a medical, ethical, religious and human rights. So the ban on in vitro fertilization affected the right to health of couples who could not treat infertility through another method representing a deletion of personal identity and personal autonomy to decide to have biological children and develop life project. On January 19, 2001, a group of couples affected by this resolution filed a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the Costa Rican government. The Commission noted that the ban on in vitro fertilization affected the right to health. After this dozens of symposia on these matters were conducted, one of the most important by its international character which joined the REDLARA and the Medical Law Association of Costa Rica in 2011. Various law projects about ART were presented in the Legislative Assembly but none were approved. Thus, the Commission initiated court proceedings against the State of Costa Rica in September 2012. The Court’s decision will be notified to the country for the month of December 2012.