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{{Country
|name=Brazil
|image_flag=Brazil_flag.jpg
|Region=Latin America
|Population=186757608
|GDP=1313590
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=no policy
|Eggs for research=no policy
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=no policy
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=no policy
|Surrogacy=commercial prohibited
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=no
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
|Key laws and policies=* Law on Biosafety, PL. 2401-C/03 (March 2, 2005)
|Prohibited practices=The Law on Biosafety prohibits:
* reproductive cloning
* research cloning
* 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>
|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.

Assisted reproduction practices including surrogacy and providing eggs are covered by guidelines, implying the absence of national law. For instance, under these guidelines, only a close relative of the intended parents should serve as surrogates, and the fertility clinic should not help arrange any financial compensation. The guidelines do not address PGD.<ref name=asrm>American Society for Reproductive Medicine, "[http://www.fertstert.org/issues/contents?issue_key=S0015-0282(07)X0176-6 IFFS Surveillance 07]," ''Fertility and Sterility'' (Vol. 87. No. 4, Suppl. 1, April 2007)</ref> Egg donation is permitted under the guidelines, but compensation is limited to expenses for research purposes.<ref name=asrm/><ref name=Sing>Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee, "[http://www.bioethics-singapore.org/uploadfile/52533%20PMEgg%20Donation%20Consultation%20Paper.pdf Donation Of Human Eggs For Research: A Consultation Paper]" (November 7, 2007)</ref>
}}
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