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Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Parrillo v. Italy; Adelina Parrillo; Catholic Church; Catholicism; General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); International Bill of Rights; United Nations (U.N); in vitro preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD); embryos; Reproductive Medicine Act; Federal Act on Research Involving Embryonic Stem Cells; Switzerland; Donum Vitae; European Union
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“Chi S’Aiuta, Dio L’Aiuta”: Balancing Italy’S Right To Utilize Assisted Reproductive Technologies With The Teachings Of The Catholic Church, Erin A. Mcmullan
“Chi S’Aiuta, Dio L’Aiuta”: Balancing Italy’S Right To Utilize Assisted Reproductive Technologies With The Teachings Of The Catholic Church, Erin A. Mcmullan
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Adelina Parrillo never anticipated starting a prolonged legal battle when she requested her embryos be donated for scientific research. The restrictive legislation in place in Italy, inevitably influenced by the Catholic Church, mandated that she either implant the embryos or store them indefinitely. After a long drawn out battle with the Italian courts, she desperately sought assistance from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), a court tasked with protecting the rights of individuals such as Parrillo from the overreaching of Member States. The ECtHR) acknowledged that this decision, to donate her unused embryos to medical research, was within the …