论胎儿利益的民法保护

On Civil Law Protectionof the Interests of Fetuses

法律上的胎儿是指从受孕时开始至出生时为止的胚胎,体外培育的胚胎不是胎儿。胎儿是生命个体的早期存在方式,胎儿权益保护对其最终成为自然人影响重大。因此,加强对胎儿权益的保护,便成为当今世界各国民法保护制度发展的必然趋势。《民法总则》的颁布,是我国民事立法的重大进步,其中第16条也进一步完善了对胎儿利益的保护。

The fetus refers legally to the embryo starting from fertilization to the moment of birth,while the embryo from extracorporeal cultivation is not regarded as a fetus.The fetus is the early form of existence for individual life,and the interest protection of the fetuses is of great significance for a fetus to develop into a natural person.That’s why strengthening the interest protection of fetuses has currently become the inexorable trend for the development of civil law protection system in every country in the world.The enactment of'the general provision of civil law'is a giant progress for the civil legislation in our country,while the clause 16 thhas further perfected the interest protection of fetuses.