Crioconservazione e adottabilità degli embrioni umani

[Autom. eng. transl.] The work deals with the problem inherent in the generation of human embryos in the context of the use of medically assisted procreation techniques after sentence n. 151/2009 of the Constitutional Court. Based on a careful reading of this sentence, it emerges that it does not call into question the fundamental principles of law n. 40/2004 and do not liberalize the number of embryos that can be generated. In particular, it is noted that the same ruling does not in any way endorse the design of a screening on the embryos generated following the use of so-called pre-implantation diagnosis techniques. It is also noted that the aforementioned sentence is expressed very clearly about the existence of the obligation of cryopreservation of the embryos which, exceptionally, are not transferred to the uterus. In addition, reference is made to the State-Regions regulatory agreement of 15 March 2012 on the traceability of the fate of fertilized eggs and embryos generated in vitro. Given these assumptions, the ethical and legal reasons that support the "adoptability" of cryopreserved embryos are illustrated.