Family and Legal Aspects of the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies

The relevance of the study of family and legal aspects of the use of assisted reproductive technologies is due to the fact that assisted reproductive technologies have a significant place in Russian family law, and the regulatory framework on this issue is still being formed, and judicial practice and government policy contribute to this in many ways, since the protection of motherhood and childhood has public legal significance for Russia. This value acquired the strongest coloring in the light of the addition of legislation by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 809 dated 09.11.2022, approving the foundations of state policy for the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, determining that Russia's policy proceeds from the priority of traditional spiritual and moral values, among which such factors as a strong family, marriage (union of a man and a woman), having many children. Assisted reproductive technologies can have both a positive impact on these factors and a negative impact, since there is no holistic mechanism of responsibility of the parties participating in assisted reproductive technologies. Therefore, the main purpose of the article will be to study assisted reproductive technologies, the need for their imperative regulation, data gaps of private legal relations between the parties - parents (customers), surrogate mother, donors. In conclusion, the problems of access to assisted reproductive technologies for certain categories of persons referred to as «non-married couples», the problems of protecting the rights of potential parents of a child in relation to a surrogate mother are highlighted, the imbalance of rights between potential parents and a surrogate mother is noted, the need for imperative regulation of relations related to the use of assisted reproductive technologies in order to protect the basics of motherhood, childhood and ensuring the stable development of the institution of the family as a constitutional value.