dc.description.abstract | Recent advances in biotechnology have made a strong impact on different areas of knowledge, boosting the inquiry regarding the ethical limits to be respected, giving rise to Bioethics, a designation that was generalized as a comprehensive of all phenomena related to the consequences of these advances, even if observed in different fields. Well, with the techno-scientific revolution it remained possible to verify the existence of carrying embryos anencephaly during pregnancy. The problem is to establish whether abortion (earlier delivery) when diagnosed anencephalic fetus, hurts or not human dignity. Currently, there is the
Supreme Court discussion on the subject of the Arguing of 54-8 Violation of Fundamental Precept - proposed by the National Confederation of Workers in Health - whichseeks to consolidate the therapeutic delivery anticipation of anencephalic fetus is not abortion under the cloak of unfeasibility, pointing to the fact of the pregnant woman suffering psychological torture, beyond the personal freedom of health professionals in these cases. Nevertheless, the research intends to seek a response under constitutional perspective according the principles of human dignity. The theoretical foundation will be works in the field of bioethics, especially kantian theoretical framework, in order to accept the human being as a moral reality. Will be addressed through the moral, philosophical and legal perspective concerning human dignity, with emphasis on social values of contemporary society, mapping, about the beginning of human life, acquisition of personality rights, the development phases of the human embryo, finally verifying the right to life. | en |