Research article
Present state of reproductive medicine in Japan – ethical issues with a focus on those seen in court cases
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Correspondence: Mayumi Mayeda mfsam@3m3.biz
Department of Biomedical Ethics, School of Health Science and Nursing, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
BMC Medical Ethics 2006, 7:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-7-3
Published: 5 April 2006Additional files
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Table 1 – Judicial cases concerned with ART in Japan. The number of court cases concerning ART is small in Japan. In some cases, the trial is still continuing, thus rendering the legal status of the resulting child unstable.
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Table 2 – AIH/AID/IVF/Surrogate mother. This table shows the 9 main patterns of ART.
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Table 3 – Aspects of ART-related problems. This table shows 6 background issues related to the technological and socio-ethical development of ART-related problems.
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