161/2023, CC, 24/05/2023
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2023

Assisted Reproductive Technologies – A man withdrew his consent to the implantation of a fertilised embryo into a woman’s uterus after the embryo has been fertilized – Alleged violation of the principle of equality as well as the right to self-determination and the conventional right to respect for private and family life

23527, CSC, 02/08/2023
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2023

Rejection of the registration in Italy of the birth certificate of a child – conceived through recourse to heterologous medically assisted reproduction and born in Italy - naming the intended parent as the child's parent - The legislator has restricted access to heterologous medically assisted reproduction to situations of pathological infertility, which does not include same-sex couples

Gauvin-Fournis and Silliau v. France, ECtHR, 21424/16, 45728/17, 07/09/2023
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2023

Refusal to allow persons born through medically assisted reproduction involving a third-party donor to access information about that donor, under the rule guaranteeing anonymity in gamete donations - No violation

Dissenting / Concurring: Georges Ravarani, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, Mykola Gnatovsky

32/2021, CC, 28/01/2021
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2021

Status of child born (in Italy) through recourse to heterologous medically assisted reproduction (MAP), carried out by a female couple – Possibility of granting the status of child recognised also by the intentional mother, where the conditions for ‘‘adoption in special cases’’ are not fulfilled even though the courts have established that such recognition would be in the interests of the child

221/2019, CC, 18/06/2019
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2019

Assisted Reproductive Technologies - Ban on same-sex couples and penalties for non-compliance - Alleged infringement of the fundamental right to parenthood in same-sex couples, unequal treatment on the basis of sexual orientation and economic conditions, violation of maternity protection, human dignity and the right to health, as well as the right to respect for private and family life and the prohibition of discrimination provided for by the ECHR and other international sources