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|Sex selection=? | |Sex selection=? | ||
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED | |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED | ||
+ | |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= | ||
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained | |2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained | ||
+ | |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention= | ||
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a | |Treaty of Lisbon=n/a | ||
+ | |Introduction= | ||
+ | |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. | ||
+ | |Foundational values= | ||
+ | |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). | ||
+ | |Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION | ||
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+ | Treatment for infertility is available to | ||
+ | * adult and legally capable men and women who live together in accordance with the law governing family relationships (spouses or common-law partners) | ||
+ | * must be able to perform parental duties evaluated by age and general health and psycho-social condition | ||
+ | * best interest of the child is important | ||
+ | * cohabitation must exist prior to the moment of implementation of sex cells | ||
+ | * single women may be treated with consent of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Family Affairs | ||
+ | (article 26 Act on treating infertility by biomedically assisted fertilization). | ||
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+ | DONOR GAMETES and EMBRYOS | ||
+ | * Donor Egg / Sperm may only be used when the intended parents’ gametes are unlikely to result in pregnancy. | ||
+ | * Donor Sperm may only be used to create children for one family. | ||
+ | * 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= | ||
+ | |Accountability and governance= | ||
+ | |History= | ||
+ | |External links= | ||
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