Venezuela

Venezuela Information Region Latin America Population 28199822 GDP (millions USD) 236,390 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction no policy Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification ? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis no policy Reproductive cloning ? Research cloning ? Sex selection ? Surrogacy ? International Agreements 1997 COE Biomedicine Convention not signed 1998 COE Cloning Convention not signed 2005 UN Cloning Vote no vote 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention not ratified 2007 Treaty of Lisbon not signed

Key laws and policies

• In Venezuela, there is neither a domestic law on surrogacy nor a general law on assisted reproductive techniques (ART), except for Article 204 of the Civil Code (CCiv) which regulates filiation in cases of artificial insemination.

• There is a general principle is that the mother is the woman who gives birth to the child, according to Article 197 of the Civil Code.

• A majority of clinics in Latin America follow Guidelines published by RED - Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction (REDLARA): http://www.redlara.com/aa_ingles/default.asp.

• Court decisions are also important.

Regulatory activities

In 2006, the Constitutional Court permitted a woman to use the sperm of her deceased husband using IVF.