1. Ausführlich behandelt ist der Stand der gesetzlichen Regelung in den Staaten in: Ethics Committee of the American Fertility Society, „Ethical considerations of the new reproductive technologies”, Fertility and sterility 46 (September 1986), 8S–9S.
2. National Institutes of Health, „Protection of human subjects, policies and procedures“, Federal Register 38 (November 16, 1973), 31743.
3. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, „Protection of human subjects: Fetuses, pregnant women, in vitro fertilization“, Federal Register 40 (August 8, 1975), 33529.
4. Ethics Advisory Board, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Report and conclusions. HEW support of research involving human in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, und appendix, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979.
5. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, „Support of human in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer“, Federal Register 44 (June 18, 1979) 35033.