The Developing Right to Parenthood in Israeli Law

תקציר

This chapter examines the expanding recognition of the right to parenthood in Israeli jurisprudence, since the author first addressed this subject in the 1996 Survey. In addition to a consideration of the relevant case-law in relation to the rights of prisoners to found a family, the right of access to the different methods ART and the right to adopt, the chapter sets out and discusses the main recommendations of a Public Committee on the legal regulation of reproduction in Israel, whose report was published in 2012. After discussing the various developments, the chapter analyses the arguments of those who claim that the right to parenthood has been too widely interpreted in Israel and on the other hand, those who argue that it is still not drawn broadly enough.