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{{Country
|name=Switzerland
|image_flag=Switzerland-flag.gif
|Region=Europe
|Population=7591400
|GDP=423938
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=PROHIBITED
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=PROHIBITED
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
|European Union=
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
|Council of Europe=Member
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=signed
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=
|Treaty of Lisbon=
|Introduction=
|Key laws and policies=* [http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sz00000_.html Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation] (September 2001)
* Federal Act on Research on Surplus Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells (Embryonic Research Act) (November 2004)
* Federal Law on Genetic Testing (2004)
* Federal Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction (December 8, 1998) (http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c810_11.html - RMA) 
* The Reproductive Medicine Ordinance (http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c810_112_2.html - RMO). 
|Foundational values=
|Prohibited practices=The Constitution and the Embryonic Research Act prohibits the following:
* Research cloning
* Reproductive cloning
* Producing an embryo for research purposes 
* Producing stem cells from a research embryo
* Modifying the hereditary patrimony of germ cells 
* Producing embryonic stem cells from an embryo whose germline was modified, or use of such cells
* Creating a clone, a chimera or a hybrid 
* Producing embryonic stem cells from a clone, a chimera or a hybrid, or use such cells
* Developing a parthenote, produce embryonic stem cells from a parthenote, or use such cells
* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids or parhenotes described
* Surrogacy
* Eggs for assisted reproduction
|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

* ART may be used only if a couple is unable to have children without help or if there is no other way of avoiding the risk of transmitting a serious incurable disease. 
* Permitted practices include
** artificial insemination, 
** in-vitro-fertilisation, 
** the preservation of reproductive cells and 
** gamete transfer. 

* Only married couples may use donated sperm cells. 

* ART should respect the child's best interests (the future parents should be able to raise a child).


PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS

* Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is generally thought to be prohibited but there are suggestions that the Federal Law on Genetic Testing may allow its use for medical reasons.<ref>R. Bell, ed., [http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/cmsfiles/files/resources/a4_symposium_report__european_approaches_to_pgd_web_final.pdf Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis]</ref>
|Regulatory activities=
|Accountability and governance=
|History=
|External links=
}}
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