Ahmad Nehaluddin
Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University Brunei Darussalam, Adjunct Associate Professor, Law, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Med Leg J. 2011;79(Pt 4):135-45. doi: 10.1258/mlj.2011.011029.
Modern medicine, specifically assisted reproductive technology (ART), has overtaken the law in many jurisdictions around the world. New technologies and practices open a Pandora's Box of ethical, religious, social and legal questions, and may present a variety of significant legal problems to the courts and legislators. Surrogate motherhood and pregnancy through ART have both attracted controversy. Some groups condemn ART and want it banned while its supporters acknowledge there is a need for legislative guidelines and regulations. A proposed statute, the Assisted Reproductive Technique Services Act, aimed at regulating reproductive technologies, including surrogacy arrangements, will be introduced in the Malaysian parliament, probably in 2012, and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2010 is already before the Indian parliament. This paper will discuss several of the potential socio-legal issues surrounding ART in the light of the complex situation, with a comparative analysis of the Malaysian, USA, UK and Indian positions.
现代医学，特别是辅助生殖技术（ART），在世界上许多司法管辖区已超越了法律。新技术和做法打开了一个充满伦理、宗教、社会和法律问题的潘多拉魔盒，并可能给法院和立法者带来各种重大法律问题。代孕以及通过辅助生殖技术怀孕均引发了争议。一些团体谴责辅助生殖技术并希望予以禁止，而其支持者承认需要立法准则和规定。一项旨在规范包括代孕安排在内的生殖技术的拟议法规《辅助生殖技术服务法》可能将于2012年提交马来西亚议会，并且《2010年辅助生殖技术（监管）法案》已提交至印度议会。鉴于这种复杂情况，本文将讨论围绕辅助生殖技术的一些潜在社会法律问题，并对马来西亚、美国、英国和印度的立场进行比较分析。
