Panorama of Children’s Bioethics in Ibero-America

Abstract This work aims to offer an approach to children’s bioethics in the Ibero-American world. We start from the differentiated status of the minor with respect to other stages of life as well as the historical development of bioethics in the Ibero-American space. First, a proposal is presented to classify the main topics that could be considered by Ibero-American children’s bioethics. Next, the main problems and conflicts of child bioethics are discussed according to the bioethical, biomoral or biopolitical norms involved. This matter is exemplified by the debate on child labour and the debate between an autonomist or paternalistic bioethics. Likewise, two general criteria for action that commit public policies in favour of children are proposed. It is finalised emphasising that children’s bioethics deserves a prominent and differentiated space within the bioethics in Ibero-America.