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|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED | |Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED | ||
|Research cloning=regulated | |Research cloning=regulated | ||
| − | |Sex selection= | + | |Sex selection=Social uses prohibited |
|Surrogacy=commercial prohibited | |Surrogacy=commercial prohibited | ||
|European Union=Member | |European Union=Member | ||
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* Commercial surrogacy is prohibited. | * Commercial surrogacy is prohibited. | ||
* It is unlawful for intending parents to advertise for a surrogate, or for a woman to advertise a willingness to become a surrogate. | * It is unlawful for intending parents to advertise for a surrogate, or for a woman to advertise a willingness to become a surrogate. | ||
| − | * The Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 s.2(1) prevents a third party (though not a surrogate or intending parents) from initiating or taking part in negotiations, offering or agreeing to negotiate, or compiling any information with a view to its use in making, or negotiating the making of, surrogacy arrangements. | + | * The Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 s.2(1) prevents a third party (though not a surrogate or intending parents) from initiating or taking part in negotiations, offering or agreeing to negotiate, or compiling any information with a view to its use in making, or negotiating the making of, surrogacy arrangements. |
|Permitted and regulated practices=Assisted reproductive practices explicitly permitted by the HFEA, and subject to licensing and regulation, are: | |Permitted and regulated practices=Assisted reproductive practices explicitly permitted by the HFEA, and subject to licensing and regulation, are: | ||
