The regulation of assisted reproductive technologies in Europe : variation, convergence, and trends / edited by Erich Griessler, Lenka Slepičková, Heleen Weyers, Florian Winkler, and Nicolle Zeegers.

Emerging from standstill : Austria's transition from restrictive to intermediate ART policies / Erich Griessler, Florian Winkler -- Assisted reproduction in the Czech Republic / Lenka Slepickova -- Taming Technology : Assisted Reproduction in Denmark / Janne Rothmar Herrmann -- A Regulatory Jungle : the Law on Assisted Reproduction in Germany / Sven Geyken -- Assisted procreation in Italy : a long and winding road / Ines Corti -- Avoiding ideological debate : Assisted reproduction regulation in the Netherlands / Heleen Weyers, Nicolle Zeegers -- IVF in Poland : from political debates to biomedical practices / Anna Krawczak, Magdalena Radkowska-Walkowicz -- From safeguarding the best interest of the child to equal treatment : Legislating assisted reproductive techniques in Sweden / Anna Singer -- Expectations regarding the convergence of domestic laws on ART / Heleen Weyers -- What drives the politicization of ART in Western and Northern European countries? / Nicolle Zeegers -- Regulating change in human procreation : Value changes and imaginaries of assisted reproductive technologies in eight European countries / Erich Griessler.

"This book explores the social, ethical and legal implications of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Providing a comparative analysis of several European countries, the authors evaluate the varied approaches to the application of ART throughout Europe. From a global perspective, countries take very different approaches to the regulation of ART. Countries apply restrictions to the access criteria for these treatments and/or direct restrictions to the practice of the techniques themselves. To understand these varied approaches to ART practice and regulation, it is necessary to understand the societal and political background from which they emerged. This book therefore consists of case studies from eight European countries which provide insights into the status and development of the regulation of ART in the last 40 years. The country cases from all over Europe and the three comparative chapters provide insights into the diversity of current ART regulation across the continent as well as into similarities, differences and trends in this regulatory area"--Publisher's description.