Key laws and policies
- Act on Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Related Activities and on Amendment to Some Related Acts], 227/2006 Coll. Part: 75/2006 Coll. (June 1, 2006)
- Council of Europe Convention on Biomedicine and Human Rights and Additional Protocol on Cloning (1997, 1998)
- The Law No.373/2011 Coll.
Prohibited practices
The Act on Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells prohibits:
- The creation of an embryo for purposes other than reproduction
- Human-animal hybrids
- Implanting a human embryo into an animal uterus
- Reproductive cloning
Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Biomedicine and Human Rights and Additional Protocol on Cloning commits the Czech Republic to prohibit:
- Inheritable genetic modification
- Reproductive cloning
- Research cloning
- Sex selection for social purposes
- PGD for social purposes
- Somatic genetic enhancement
Permitted and regulated practices
Egg and sperm donation are permitted (anonymous)