On November 17, the team of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine (LDLU) held its first medical event in collaboration with the Ukrainian Medical Student Association (UMSA) – a seminar titled “Postmortem Reproduction: Legal Regulation in Ukraine.”
The event’s speaker was Kateryna Moskalenko, PhD in Law, Associate Professor of Civil Law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Law Institute, lawyer, member of the Family Law Center of the Higher School of Advocacy, and VUIAS 2025-2026 fellow.
During the discussion, moderated by Anna Boyko-Boychuk, local president of UMSA Kyiv, Ms. Moskalenko outlined critical issues stemming from the lack of proper legal regulation of postmortem reproduction in Ukraine. She emphasized key challenges contributing to this gap:
- the complete absence of specialized legislation;
- unregulated ethical questions;
- lack of tangible progress in regulatory attempts;
- significant lag of legal norms behind medical capabilities;
- the unique military context, which heightens the topic’s relevance.
Participants also analyzed approaches from other countries and potential regulatory models that could be applied in Ukraine.
LDLU’s perspective was presented by medical coordinator Vladyslava Andrushenko. She stressed that autocracies are not constrained by ethical norms, allowing them to increasingly outpace democracies in biotechnology. Therefore, developing modern and rational legislative foundations for advanced medical regulation is not just a legal task but a matter of national security. At the same time, neither Ukraine nor Europe is fully prepared to recognize the emerging role of biotechnology, which may define the next era after artificial intelligence. This underscores the need for a broader discourse at the intersection of science and policy.
LDLU will continue fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and promoting modern standards necessary to ensure that Ukrainian medicine and legislation meet security challenges and society’s demand for general welfare.
