Abstract
Germany has the strictest genetic engineering laws in the world and bans virtually all kinds of embryonic gene editing. Since the invention of CRISPR, however, embryonic gene editing is more precise, and the possibilities of curing genetic diseases are more real than ever. This Note will argue for the right to embryonic gene editing through an analysis of German constitutional privacy and right to life jurisprudence. Ultimately, this Note argues for a right to procreate under German law that is backed by the state’s affirmative duty to encourage and protect life. When the technology is available, German Law should not be able to stop couples from curing their future children of genetic diseases.
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Keren Goldberger,
The Clone Wars: The Right to Embryonic Gene Editing Under German Law,
45 Brook. J. Int'l L.
(2019).
Available at:
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol45/iss1/9
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