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{{Country
|name=Venezuela
|image_flag=Flag_of_Venezuela.png
|Region=Latin America
|Population=28199822
|GDP=236,390
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=no policy
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=?
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=no policy
|Reproductive cloning=?
|Research cloning=?
|Sex selection=?
|Surrogacy=?
|European Union=
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=
|Council of Europe=
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=no vote
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=
|Treaty of Lisbon=
|Introduction=
|Key laws and policies=* In Venezuela, there is neither a domestic law on surrogacy nor a general law on assisted reproductive techniques (ART), except for Article 204 of the Civil Code (CCiv) which regulates filiation in cases of artificial insemination.

* There is a general principle is that the mother is the woman who gives birth to the child, according to Article 197 of the Civil Code.

* A majority of clinics in Latin America follow Guidelines published by RED - Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction (REDLARA): http://www.redlara.com/aa_ingles/default.asp.

* Court decisions are also important.
|Foundational values=
|Prohibited practices=
|Permitted and regulated practices=
|Regulatory activities=In 2006, the Constitutional Court permitted a woman to use the sperm of her deceased husband using IVF.
|Accountability and governance=
|History=
|External links=
}}
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