The Possibility of Using the Embryonic Stem Cells on the Discard Period: the Conflict Between the Right to Life and the Principle of Human Dignity

Authors

  • João Carlos Leal Júnior Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Renata Mayumi Sanomya Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Valkíria Aparecida Lopes Ferraro Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2009v30n1p31

Keywords:

Personality rights. Biosafety law. Life. Human dignity. Surplus embryos for stem cells research.

Abstract

Its purpose is to talk about the possibility of using human embryonic stem cells in the rejection period for research and therapies reasons. It deals with basic notes concerning the personality rights, incorporating the basic characteristics and aspects of the reported legal category. It addresses the right to life and the relevant position it has in the Brazilian and international legal system. It deepens the last theme as it incorporates the constitutional imperative of a worthy life accomplishment of all human beings. It elucidates the problematic concerning the use of stem cells, explaining the characteristics and existing species, analyzing the legal diploma concerning this matter, the Biosafety Law and the judgment, by the Brazilian Supreme Court, of the Inconstitutionality Direct Action that was against the 5th article of the mentioned law, a device that disciplines the matter under discussion in this work. Finally, it clarifies the conflict that exists between the values life and human dignity, deciding on which one should overlap the other.

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Author Biographies

João Carlos Leal Júnior, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Discente e pesquisador da Universidade Estadual de Londrina; estagiário do Ministério Público Federal – Procuradoria da República em Londrina - PR. Iniciação Científica/UEL.

Renata Mayumi Sanomya, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Discente e pesquisadora da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Valkíria Aparecida Lopes Ferraro, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Mestra em Direito pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina; doutora pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; professora-associada e docente do Mestrado em Direito Negocial da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Published

2009-06-29

How to Cite

LEAL JÚNIOR, João Carlos; SANOMYA, Renata Mayumi; FERRARO, Valkíria Aparecida Lopes. The Possibility of Using the Embryonic Stem Cells on the Discard Period: the Conflict Between the Right to Life and the Principle of Human Dignity. Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas, [S. l.], v. 30, n. 1, p. 31–51, 2009. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0383.2009v30n1p31. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/7713. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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