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{{Country |name=Uruguay |image_flag=Uruguay.png |Region=Latin America |Population=3460607 |GDP=22,951 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=commercial prohibited |Eggs for research=? |Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED |Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=no policy |Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED |Research cloning=PROHIBITED |Sex selection=? |Surrogacy=commercial prohibited |European Union= |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development= |Council of Europe= |1997 COE Biomedicine Convention= |1998 COE Cloning Convention= |2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED |Treaty of Lisbon= |Introduction= |Key laws and policies=Law Regulating Human Assisted Reproductive Techniques (22/11/2013 No 19.167): http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/leyes/2013/11/msp_512.pdf or http://www.ninrial.com.uy/de-interes/legislacion/leyes/ley-no-19167/ (non-pdf version) |Foundational values= |Prohibited practices='''Experimentation''' * Human cloning is prohibited (Art. 19). * Alteration of human genome is prohibited (Art. 19). |Permitted and regulated practices='''Assisted Reproduction''' * Assisted reproduction is permitted for people who are infertile (married or single) (Art. 2). * Article 7 provides that to access ART: ** People must be less than 60 years old. ** The health of the woman or offspring must not be compromised. ** Written consent by the couple, or woman, must be given. * No more than two embryos are to be transferred to a uterus (Art. 11). '''Posthumous Use of Gametes''' * Is permitted for 365 days after death (Art. 9) '''Gamete Donation''' * Is permitted, anonymous (see below), and altruistic (Art. 12) '''Information''' * Children are entitled to know their method of conception (Art. 10). * The donor's identity may be revealed if the child or his descendants apply for a court order in accordance with Articles 21, 22, 23, and 24 of the law. '''Surrogacy''' * Surrogacy is permitted only when a relative agrees to carry the embryo of a woman who cannot gestate a baby due to genetic issues or disease. * The Honorary Commission of Assisted Reproduction must approve such arrangements. * All other surrogacy arrangements are void. '''Experimentation''' * Is permitted for therapeutic purposes (Art. 18) |Regulatory activities= |Accountability and governance= |History= |External links= }} == References == <references/>
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