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{{Country
|name=Lebanon
|image_flag=Lebanon.gif
|Region=Asia
|Population=4196453
|GDP=24640
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=?
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=social uses prohibited
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=PROHIBITED
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
|European Union=
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=
|Council of Europe=
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
|Introduction=
|Key laws and policies=* IVF is regulated by the Draft Law on Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Code of Medical Ethics, which has been adopted by the Ministry of Health.
|Foundational values=
|Prohibited practices=* The draft law prohibits 
** gamete donation, 
** surrogacy, 
** sex-based embryo selection, and 
** embryo manipulation. 

Violations of the draft law are penalized.
|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

* Assisted reproductive treatments such as artificial insemination and IVF have been practiced in Lebanon since the early 80s. 

* Art 30 of the Medical Ethics code states that assisted reproductive treatments are only to be provided to married couples.

PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS AND ABORTION

* Prenatal diagnoses and selective abortion are only permitted to save the life of the mother.
|Regulatory activities=
|Accountability and governance=
|History=
|External links=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, ‘Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States’, 2011. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf (p 51).(Accessed 22 February 2015).
}}