ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the concept of reproductive rights in the context of assisted reproductive technologies used in the treatment of human infertility. It considers whether a legal right to reproduce may exist and, if so, whether it may be used by a childless couple to insist on treatments being made available to them in their own State. It also analyses the contribution which international human rights instruments may make to this discussion and whether the wording of those documents is conducive to such an extension. It concludes by questioning whether consensus will ever be achieved on an international level in relation to human reproduction and bioethics in the coming years.
