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{{Country
|name=South Africa
|image_flag=South_Africa_Flag.jpg
|Region=Africa
|Population=43,700,000
|GDP=282,630
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=no policy
|Eggs for research=no policy
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=no policy
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=permitted
|Sex selection=no policy
|Surrogacy=no policy
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
|Key laws and policies=* [http://www.iucnrosa.org.zw/elisa/Environmental%20Law/south_africa/human_tissue_act.html Human Tissue Act] (s.39A inserted by s.26 of Act No. 51 of 1989) (1983)
* [http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/bills/b32b.pdf National Health Act] (December 31, 2003)
|Foundational values=The South African government practices the precautionary principle by stating, "The risk attached to the use of the technique on humans carries the possibility of hormonal manipulation in the egg donor, multiple miscarriages in the birth mother, and severe developmental abnormalities in any resulting child. The potential harms outweigh the potential benefits, and until studies in animal systems reverse this circumstance, we recommend that the use of human nuclear transfer cloning to create a new life should be prohibited."<ref>http://www.glphr.org/genetic/africa2-7.htm</ref>

It is recommended that recommendations of the US National Bioethics Advisory Committee should regulate the donation of human embryos for stem cell research.<ref>http://www.glphr.org/genetic/africa2-7.htm</ref>
|Prohibited practices=The following practices are prohibited by the National Health Act:
* Inheritable genetic modification
* Reproductive cloning
|Permitted and regulated practices=South Africa does not regulate preimplantation genetic diagnosis explicitly by legislation or professional guidelines. However, the Medical Research Council of South Africa states that selecting sex is unethical if done for non-medical purposes. 

The National Health Act permits research cloning. 

Egg donation is permitted under guidelines, both for reproduction and for research; compensation is limited to reimbursement of expenses.<ref name=asrm>American Society for Reproductive Medicine, "[http://www.fertstert.org/issues/contents?issue_key=S0015-0282(07)X0176-6 IFFS Surveillance 07]," ''Fertility and Sterility'' (Vol. 87. No. 4, Suppl. 1, April 2007)</ref><ref name=Sing>Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee, “[http://www.bioethics-singapore.org/uploadfile/52533%20PMEgg%20Donation%20Consultation%20Paper.pdf Donation Of Human Eggs For Research: A Consultation Paper],” 7 November 2007</ref>

Surrogacy is covered by guidelines, implying the absence of national law. <ref name=asrm/>
|External links=http://www.iucnrosa.org.zw/elisa/Environmental%20Law/south_africa/human_tissue_act.html

http://www.parliament.gov.za/pls/portalweb_app.utl_output_doc?p_table=draft_        bills&p_doc_col=draft_bill&p_mime_col=mime_type&p_id=588648
}}
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