BIOETICS AND LAW. IS ITS EFFECTIVENESS POSSIBLE?

Abstract

In recent decades, bioethics has gained unusual importance, due to the growth of technology, the risks of medicine and therefore of life itself, which warrants having to resort to law to regulate its implications. For their part, biotechnological technologies are ambivalent, since their use is likely to generate great benefits for humanity, but also great risks derived from misuse whose consequences are unpredictable and that can affect not only those who use them but the rest of the population. humanity, and even future generations. Given this, the Law must establish the limits of what is allowed; Hence the close relationship between Bioethics and Law, understood as a norm of conduct that emanates from the will of all. Understand values
constitutional laws and the "general principles of civilized nations" as a minimum agreement: in light of the Declaration of Human Rights and other international declarations and conventions that are part of our world, it is the challenge that this communion of Bioethics and Law has. , which must ensure its effectiveness in times when life in its broadest meaning is threatened.