Difference between revisions of "Serbia"

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|Sex selection=?
 
|Sex selection=?
 
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
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|European Union=
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|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
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|1998 COE Cloning Convention=
 
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
 
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
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|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=
 
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
 
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
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|Introduction=
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|Key laws and policies=* The Act on treating infertility by biomedically assisted fertilization was enacted in 2009 (Official Journal of Republic of Serbia 72/2009)
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* There are also certain provisions in Family act 2005 that are relevant to legal parenthood in the case of assisted reproduction.
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|Foundational values=
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|Prohibited practices=SURROGACY
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* Surrogacy is expressly prohibited, by article 56, par1/25 Act on treating infertility by biomedically assisted fertilization
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* Sanction is imprisonment from 3 to 10 years. (Article 73)
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(Some draft laws have been proposed to allow surrogacy in limited situations perhaps among relatives, however they have not been passed).
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|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
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Treatment for infertility is available to
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* adult and legally capable men and women who live together in accordance with the law governing family relationships (spouses or common-law partners)
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* must be able to perform parental duties evaluated by age and general health and psycho-social condition
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* best interest of the child is important
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* cohabitation must exist prior to the moment of implementation of sex cells
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* single women may be treated with consent of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Family Affairs
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(article 26 Act on treating infertility by biomedically assisted fertilization).
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DONOR GAMETES and EMBRYOS
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* Donor Egg / Sperm may only be used when the intended parents’ gametes are unlikely to result in pregnancy.
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* Donor Sperm may only be used to create children for one family.
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* Child conceived via ART, using reproductive cells of the donor, does not have the right to know his/her genetic origin. However, the child is entitled for medical reasons have relevant health information relating to gamete donor, when she/he reaches 18 years, and in exceptional cases when she/he reaches 16 years and acquired legal capacity.
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|Regulatory activities=
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|Accountability and governance=
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|History=
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|External links=
 
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