caa a22 4500 475841956 CHVBK 20180406123903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1009498427921 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1009498427921 O'Donnell Kath Law School, University of Hull, Hull, UK aut Legal Conceptions: Regulating Gametes and Gamete Donation [Elektronische Daten] [Kath O'Donnell] The growing scope of gamete donation and themanipulation of gametes makes it essential to developa coherent theory of the nature of gametes and theclaims which may be made in relation to them. Thenature of gametes is ambiguous, they blur thedistinctions between persons and property, but thecurrent legal framework which governs gamete donationand manipulation fails to address their status. Thisleaves unanswered fundamentally important questionsabout control of processes involving gametes andrights to use or control the gametes themselves andthe information which they represent. These areclaims which are rooted in the concept ofproperty. A property based analysis highlights thethemes of autonomy, personhood and control which lieat the heart of the claims made in relation to gametesand an account based on the notion of property forpersonhood offers a more coherent justification forrecognising claims in gametes and mediating disputes. This perspective exposes the inadequacies andinconsistencies of the legal construction of gametesand the legal regulation of gamete donation. Thepresent legal framework has not sought to develop acoherent construction of gametes, but to constrain thepractices of the assisted reproductive technologies(including gamete donation) within a framework whichis presented as least damaging to the traditionalideologies of the creation of the family. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 gametes nationallicence gamete donation nationallicence assisted reproduction nationallicence property nationallicence personhood nationallicence autonomy nationallicence control nationallicence identity nationallicence Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/2(2000-06-01), 137-154 1065-3058 8:2<137 2000 8 10728 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009498427921 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009498427921 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- O'Donnell Kath Law School, University of Hull, Hull, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/2(2000-06-01), 137-154 1065-3058 8:2<137 2000 8 10728 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer