The birth of the world's first “test-tube baby,” a child conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), raises serious medical, ethical, and legal problems. This Note explores the present controversy over the use of IVF and advocates federal regulation of the technique. Furthermore, this Note argues that, in order to deter unduly hazardous use of IVF and to compensate its victims, an experimenter should be subject to civil liability for either negligent, or willful and nonconsensual, destruction of an IVF conceptus, and held strictly liable when an IVF child is born with severe defects that are attributable to the use of the technique.

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“勇敢的新生婴儿”和法律：为体外受精的受害者制定补救措施

世界首例“试管婴儿”诞生体外受精（IVF），引发了严重的医学、伦理和法律问题。本说明探讨了目前有关 IVF 使用的争议，并主张联邦对该技术进行监管。此外，本说明认为，为了阻止对 IVF 的过度危险使用并赔偿其受害者，实验者应对因疏忽或故意和非自愿破坏 IVF 胎体而承担民事责任，并在以下情况下承担严格责任试管婴儿出生时由于使用该技术而具有严重缺陷。