Slovenia

Slovenia Information Region Europe Population 2023358 GDP (millions USD) 46084 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction commercial prohibited Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification PROHIBITED Preimplantation genetic diagnosis social uses prohibited Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning PROHIBITED Sex selection ? Surrogacy PROHIBITED International Agreements 1997 COE Biomedicine Convention RATIFIED 1998 COE Cloning Convention RATIFIED 2005 UN Cloning Vote YES 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention not ratified 2007 Treaty of Lisbon RATIFIED

Key laws and policies

• The Law on Infertility Treatment and Procedures and Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ZZNPOB) (2000), available at http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO2518
• Penal Code (2002)
• Act for quality and safety of tissues and cells for the medical treatment since 2.7.2007: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO4666

Prohibited practices

The following practices are prohibited:

• Human reproductive cloning
• Human research cloning
• Inheritable genetic modification
• Surrogacy
• Embryo donation
• Commercial transactions regarding gamete donations

A woman who intends to relinquish the child after birth is prohibited from accessing ART.

Permitted and regulated practices

Assisted Reproduction

• IVF and other ART treatments are permitted and available.
• ART is entirely publicly funded, with all procedures carried out at major public hospitals.
• Gamete donation is permitted.
• Donor gametes of one sex only may be used for treatment (i.e., you cannot use both donor sperm and egg).

External links

For a paper discussing assisted reproduction in Slovenia and Macedonia, see: Dejan Mickovik and Katerina Kochkovska, "Biomedically Assisted Reproduction in the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Macedonia," 2013, Iustinianus Primus Law Review, available at http://www.law-review.mk/pdf/07/Dejan%20Mickovik,%20Katerina%20Kochkovska.pdf, (accessed 23 February 2015).