Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Information Region Asia Population 19668000 GDP (millions USD) 30012 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction permitted Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification ? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ? Reproductive cloning ? Research cloning ? Sex selection Social uses prohibited Surrogacy no policy International Agreements 2005 UN Cloning Vote abstained 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention not ratified

Key laws and policies

• Sri Lanka does not appear to have national laws or policies specific to the practices currently falling within the scope of BioPolicyWiki.

• A provisional code of practice on Assisted Reproduction was published by the Sri Lanka Medical Council in 2005, available at http://www.srilankamedicalcouncil.org/download/download/6/66db9284166164d13be1684c657835bc.pdf, (accessed 23 Feb 2015)

• There is also a draft policy published by the National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC), “New genetics and assisted reproductive technologies in Sri Lanka – A draft national policy on biomedical ethics.” (It does not appear to be available on web.)

Prohibited practices

• Sex selection for social reasons

Permitted and regulated practices

Assisted Reproduction

• Treatment of man and wife for infertility
• No more than 3 embryos may be implanted

Donor Gametes and Embryos

• Permitted
• No more than 5 live births

Embryo Research

• Only permitted in limited circumstances with approval of the Authority and its Ethics Committee