Publication at Faculty of Law |
2020
Abstract
During the last thirty years, not many areas of biomedicine have gained as much media attention as the important developments in genetics and the possibilities of gene manipulation. With the birth of the first genetically edited children in 2018, the legal and ethical discussion on the permissibility of certain types of human genetic interventions was further intensified.
The article analyses the possible role of the legislature in the regulation of scientific development in the near future. It proposes the basic principles which should navigate the legislature regarding human gene editing: the moderated society-wide discourse, the principle of subsidiarity, and the important role of self-regulation of the scientific establishment.