Eugenics a Human Right

Abstract

The European Court of Human Rights was established as the main instrument for the implemetation of the Convention intended to protect human rights. This Court has spoken against Italy with a very brief statement of grounds at the request of two residents in this State: Rosetta Costa and M. Walter Pavani. Both were carriers for a genetic disease and both wanted access to medically assisted procreation in order to prevent the transmission of a genetic disease by preimplantation embryo selection.