Armenia

	Armenia
	Information
Region	Asia
Population	3229900
GDP (millions USD)	7,974
	National Policies
Eggs for assisted reproduction	permitted
Eggs for research	?
Inheritable genetic modification	?
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis	?
Reproductive cloning	?
Research cloning	?
Sex selection	?
Surrogacy	commercial allowed
	International Agreements
1997 COE Biomedicine Convention	not signed
1998 COE Cloning Convention	not signed
2005 UN Cloning Vote	no vote
2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention	not ratified

Key laws and policies

Law of the Republic of Armenia "On reproductive health and reproductive rights of a human” №474 of 26.12.2002
Articles 11-19 deal with assisted reproductive technologies including surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and egg and sperm donation.

The act allows foreign residents, couples (including same-sex), and/or individuals to undergo the process of surrogacy to become parents.
Egg donation is permitted.
Surrogate mothers may use own eggs or donor eggs.

Note: There have been proposals for new laws to prohibit foreigners from hiring Armenian women to be surrogate mothers for them, because many believe that “the usage of Armenian women’s womb for giving birth to foreigners’ children is unacceptable.” [1]

[1] Gayane Abramyhan, "Birth Rights and Concerns: Issue of surrogate birthing raises debate," Society, http://www.armenianow.com/society/36243/armenia_surrogate_mothers_legislation