A Close Insight into Medical Assisted Procreation (MAP) and related Informed Consent: A Recent Case from Italy.

Law n. 40/2004 regulated Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) in Italy. The case described in this article is part of the many judicial cases that have affected this legislation.

Voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP) in Italy: interpretation of the current situation according to the report 2019-2020 of the Italian Ministry of Health.

Voluntary interruption of pregnancy (VIP) in Italy is regulated by Law no. 194/1978. Its monitoring is carried out by the VIP Epidemio-logical Surveillance System, which periodically analyses the results of questionnaires compiled by the territorial healthcare structures and sent by each Region.

Defensive Medicine in the Management of Cesarean Delivery: A Survey among Italian Physicians.

Background And Objectives: This study aims to contribute to the definition of the defensive medicine phenomenon between obstetricians and gynecologists, as well as to possible effects on the frequency of deliveries performed by cesarean sections (CS).

Materials And Methods: a digital questionnaire was administered through a mail-list including 600 gynecological specialists (of these 168 doctors completed the test), both in public and private settings. It was made of twenty multiple choice questions, concerning their awareness about the practice of defensive medicine and the planning and execution of CS.

Recent Judgement of the Italian Judiciary about medical assisted procreation (MAP): is informed consent valid after parents separation?

Law No 40/2004 regulates in Italy the matter of medically assisted procreation (MAP). Recently, the Tribunal of Capua Vetere expressed its position on the subject of informed consent in a case of MAP. In the specific case, a couple entered the preliminary stages of the PMA procedures, carrying out the fertilization of the ovum and the embryo production.

Bioethical issues and legal frameworks of surrogacy: A global perspective about the right to health and dignity.

Modern advances in assisted reproduction technology (ART) have disrupted the traditional concept of parenthood. Every year, thousands of people travel abroad from their home countries in order to circumvent restrictive legislation or to benefit from lower fees. In a similar context, surrogacy raises many bioethical and legal issues.