The article aims to analyze from a general and comparative overview how the new Civil Code (C.civ.) influences the situation of certain offences against life stated by the Criminal Code. The litigations which may arise, though they really seem far away, cannot be excluded from a closer analysis, so that they deserve our attention. Can the surrogate mother kill her "baby"? Is this first degree murder or infanticide? Can the donor be suspect of first degree murder in the case of murdering the child to whose genetic inheritance he has contributed? These are a few questions that are still waiting for their answers.
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