Romania
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Key laws and policies
- Law 63/2012
- “Memorandum Privind Proiectul de Lege Referitor la Reprodurecea Umana Asistata Cu Tert Donator in Romania,” European Centre for Law and Justice, http://eclj.org/pdf/memorandum-eclj-proiectul-de-lege-privind-reproducerea-umana-asistata-medical-cu-tert-donator-15-mai-2012.pdf.
Prohibited practices
Romania's ratification of the Council of Europe's Convention on Biomedicine and the Additional Protocol Regarding Human Cloning commits it to prohibitions on:
- PGD for social uses
- Research cloning
- Somatic genetic enhancement
- Inheritable genetic modification
- Reproductive cloning
Section 14 of law 63/2012 prohibits:
- Abusive production of embryos
- Genetic manipulation of embryos
- Post-mortem insemination
- Illegal donation of embryos
- Gametes trafficking
- Collection of gametes without consent
- Mixing gametes
- Selective abortion of embryos of a certain sex
Permitted and regulated practices
In order to access assisted reproduction:
- A man and a woman need to fulfill the following conditions, according to Law 63/2012, Art. 21:
- To be alive
- To be at the biological reproductive age
- To be married or be able to prove a common life together of at least 2 years
- To consent previously to the transfer of embryos or to artificial insemination
- According to Art. 13, access to assisted reproduction is granted to any woman or man suffering from sterility that cannot be treated with a classic method of treatment or surgical intervention.
Permitted techniques (Art. 15) are:
- Artificial insemination
- In vitro fecundation
- Transfer of embryos
Donor gametes may be used in the case of genetic or communicable diseases of the partner (Art. 16).