Difference between revisions of "Macedonia"
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|Sex selection=? | |Sex selection=? | ||
|Surrogacy=no policy | |Surrogacy=no policy | ||
| + | |European Union= | ||
| + | |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development= | ||
|Council of Europe=Member | |Council of Europe=Member | ||
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=signed | |1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=signed | ||
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed | |1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed | ||
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES | |2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES | ||
| + | |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention= | ||
| + | |Treaty of Lisbon= | ||
| + | |Introduction= | ||
| + | |Key laws and policies=The Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia stipulates that it is a human right to decide freely on the procreation of children (Article 41). | ||
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| + | New reproductive technologies in Republic of Macedonia have been regulated in the Law on Biomedical Assisted Fertilization since 2008. (See Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no 37/08.) | ||
| + | |Foundational values= | ||
| + | |Prohibited practices= | ||
| + | |Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION | ||
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| + | * The Macedonian law gives priority to using personal reproductive cells. | ||
| + | * Married, cohabiting, (man and a woman) or single women may access services - subject to consent. | ||
| + | *Posthumous use of gametes is permitted one year after death | ||
| + | * Embryo donation may take place if a man and woman have excess embryos from treatment. | ||
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| + | |Regulatory activities= | ||
| + | |Accountability and governance= | ||
| + | |History=In September 2014 draft laws were proposed by Health Minister Nikola Todorov to permit altruistic surrogacy, to 'ensure that women may only carry a child on behalf of others for humane and altruistic reasons'. He said, “It must be seen as an act of humanity and not as a business”. (See http://www.pravo.org.mk/documentDetail.php?id=802) | ||
| + | |External links= | ||
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