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Sociologul Sandrine Bretonnière in dialog cu Asociatia SOS Infertilitatea: despre bioetica

O delegatie a Asociatiei SOS Infertilitatea a avut o intrevedere cu dna Sandrine Bretonnière – doctor in sociologie, colaboratoare a reputatului sociolog Alain Touraine si autoare a numeroase studii studii de specialitate -, care in prezent isi desfasoara activitatea didactica in cadrul Facultatii de Stiinte Politice a Universitatii din Bucuresti.

Dna Bretonnière (care, de altfel, este mama a patru copii – tot respectul si toata invidia noastra pozitiva!), si-a propus realizarea unei comparatii intre sistemul francez si cel romanesc in ceea ce priveste abordarea si respectarea principiilor de bioetica in reproducerea umana asistata medical.

Daca in Franta tematica bioeticii este foarte prezenta pe agenda publica, fiind reglementata de decenii si aflandu-se actualmente in dezbatere politica in vederea ameliorarii, in Romania absenta cvasitotala a dezbaterii oficiale in domeniu face dificila, aproape imposibila, comparatia stiintifica. Practic, asa cum ne-a informat dna Bretonnière, desi in institutiile romanesti exista teoretic diferite comitete si comisii de bioetica, carora s-a adresat solicitand informatii pentru demersul sau sociologic, noi, Asociatia SOS Infertilitatea, am fost singurul for romanesc care a raspuns apelului (in timp ce structurile oficiale si finantate nu au raspuns nici macar la e-mailuri).

In cadrul intrevederii, am invocat istoricul tentativelor de reglementare in domeniu (legea respinsa din 2003 – 2006, proiectul de lege propus de Asociatia Embriologilor, proiectul de lege propus de senatorul Urban), avansarea lucrului pe un nou poiect de lege in Comisia de Sanatate a Camerei Deputatilor, la propunerea si cu participarea Asociatiei SOS Infertilitatea, conditiile in care se realizeaza in prezent procedurile de reproducere umana asistata medical in Romania, cu accent pe mama-purtatoare, procedura neinterzisa deci permisa tacit  in Romania, eforturile Asociatiei noastre de a initia reglementarea legala in acest domeniu, cu respectarea criteriilor de bioetica.

Dna Sandrine Bretonnière va realiza o comunicare ce va fi prezentata cu ocazia congresului Asociatiei Internationale a Sociologilor, pe care o vom publica si noi pe acest blog dupa sustinere. Deocamdata, va oferim abstractul acesteia:

Autonomy of Choice vs. Unavailability of the Human Body: How France and Romania Deal With Bioethics,

International Sociological Association, Gothenburg, Sweden.

France & Romania stand at two opposite ends of the bioethics spectrum. France has a set of laws regulating bioethical issues, which the parliament reviews every 5 years since 1994. The law revision is accompanied by a heated public debate which engages doctors, researchers, intellectuals, associations & different public organs. The issue of surrogacy–illegal in France–best articulates the question of autonomy of choice in the present debate. Romania, on the other hand, has hardly voted any laws on bioethical issues, although it has ratified the Oviedo Convention. A law on Medically Assisted Procreation (no. 217/2003) was rejected by the President & the Constitutional Court in 2005. Romania–and more generally ‘Eastern Europe’–is perceived by Western Europeans as a purely mercantile arena with no ethical constraints. Indeed, both in the case of France & of Romania, the economic perspective is central: autonomy is being opposed by public authorities on the grounds of possible (or proved) exploitation of the human body.

In this paper, my objective will be two-fold. Firstly, I intend to show that France & Romania have, in fact, a similar ethical perspective grounded in the principle of the unavailability of the human body. Legally implemented in France, virtual–but supported by a strong Orthodox tradition–in Romania, this principle is being questioned by a growing demand for autonomy in both contexts. Secondly, I will analyze how these two countries deal (in terms of public debate, political and institutional power play) with these two polarizing & seemingly irreconcilable principles that inform & shape the public & the private spheres.

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