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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.) | |
|Foundational values= | |Foundational values= | ||
|Prohibited practices=The Law on Biosafety prohibits: | |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" |
| − | Commercial practices associated with gamete or embryo donation or surrogacy are prohibited | + | 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. | anomalies," with the approval of the National Technical Committee on Biosafety. | ||
