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Assisted reproduction practices including surrogacy and providing eggs are covered by laws and guidelines: | Assisted reproduction practices including surrogacy and providing eggs are covered by laws and guidelines: | ||
| − | • The Federal Medical Board (Consehlo Federal de Medicina) passed resolution Resolution CFM No 1957, 2010 (See http://www.portalmedico.org.br/resolucoes/CFM/2010/1957_2010.htm) | + | • The Federal Medical Board (Consehlo Federal de Medicina) passed resolution Resolution CFM No 1957, 2010 (See http://www.portalmedico.org.br/resolucoes/CFM/2010/1957_2010.htm) |
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|Foundational values= | |Foundational values= | ||
|Prohibited practices=The Law on Biosafety prohibits: | |Prohibited practices=The Law on Biosafety prohibits: | ||
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* inheritable genetic modification (Article 6) | * inheritable genetic modification (Article 6) | ||
* the creation, banking and manipulation of human embryos destined to be used as "disposable biological material."<ref name=geninfo>GenInfo, "[http://www.humgen.umontreal.ca/int/GI/en/2005-03P.pdf Newsletter]" (May-June 2005)</ref><ref name=ik>Rosario M.Isasi and Bartha M. Knoppers, "[http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/21/10/2474 Beyond the permissibility of embryonic and stem cell research: substantive requirements and procedural safeguards]," ''Human Reproduction'' (Vol.21, No.10, 2006)</ref> | * the creation, banking and manipulation of human embryos destined to be used as "disposable biological material."<ref name=geninfo>GenInfo, "[http://www.humgen.umontreal.ca/int/GI/en/2005-03P.pdf Newsletter]" (May-June 2005)</ref><ref name=ik>Rosario M.Isasi and Bartha M. Knoppers, "[http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/21/10/2474 Beyond the permissibility of embryonic and stem cell research: substantive requirements and procedural safeguards]," ''Human Reproduction'' (Vol.21, No.10, 2006)</ref> | ||
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| + | Commercial practices associated with gamete or embryo donation or surrogacy are prohibited. (Part IV and Part VII of the Resolution CFM No 1957, 2010) | ||
|Permitted and regulated practices=The Law on Biosafety permits working with human genes ''in vivo'' for "diagnostic, preventive and treatment purposes of illnesses and | |Permitted and regulated practices=The Law on Biosafety permits working with human genes ''in vivo'' for "diagnostic, preventive and treatment purposes of illnesses and | ||
anomalies," with the approval of the National Technical Committee on Biosafety.<ref name=geninfo/> The relationship of this clause to the law's prohibition on inheritable genetic modification is presently unclear. | anomalies," with the approval of the National Technical Committee on Biosafety.<ref name=geninfo/> The relationship of this clause to the law's prohibition on inheritable genetic modification is presently unclear. | ||
