Eugenia às avessas à luz dos direitos da personalidade do embrião

Abstract

The present study objected to analyze negative eugenic practices, called reverse eugenics, which consists of implantation of defective genes for the creation of children with disabilities like their parents. In view there of, sought to examine the legal status of the embryo in the face of assisted human, emphasizing the right of personality and right to life, as well as the need for accountability of parents who freely choose children with disabilities. Therefore,were observed the laws and the jurisprudences the Brazilian legal system, as well as resolutions of the Federal Council of Medicine, to understand the legal guarantees and protection of the embryo, according to the theory adopted by the Superior Courts regarding the concept of life. It was noted that the Brazil adopts the conceptionist theory and considers the embryo subject of rights, as the unborn child. Therefore, they have their dignity and protected constitutional guarantees.