Lebanon - Revision history

Natalie Oveyssi at 22:09, 13 July 2015

2015-07-13T22:09:09Z

Sonia Allan at 11:58, 31 May 2015

2015-05-31T11:58:44Z

Sonia Allan at 01:04, 22 February 2015

2015-02-22T01:04:13Z

Peteshan at 21:01, 7 July 2008

2008-07-07T21:01:37Z

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{{Country
|name=Lebanon
|image_flag=Lebanon.gif
|Region=Asia
|Population=4,196,453
|GDP=24,640
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=?
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=?
|Reproductive cloning=?
|Research cloning=?
|Sex selection=?
|Surrogacy=?
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
}}

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 |Key laws and policies=* IVF is regulated by the Draft Law on Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Code of Medical Ethics, which has been adopted by the Ministry of Health.
 |Foundational values=
-|Prohibited practices=* The draft law prohibits
+|Prohibited practices=* The draft law prohibits:
-** gamete donation,
+** Gamete donation
-** surrogacy,
+** Surrogacy
-** sex-based embryo selection, and
+** Sex-based embryo selection
-** embryo manipulation.
+** Embryo manipulation
 Violations of the draft law are penalized.
-|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
+|Permitted and regulated practices='''Assisted Reproduction'''
-* Assisted reproductive treatments such as artificial insemination and IVF have been practiced in Lebanon since the early 80s.
+* Assisted reproductive treatments such as artificial insemination and IVF have been practiced in Lebanon since the early 1980s.
 * Art 30 of the Medical Ethics code states that assisted reproductive treatments are only to be provided to married couples.
-PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS AND ABORTION
+'''Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion'''
 * Prenatal diagnoses and selective abortion are only permitted to save the life of the mother.
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=
-|External links=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, ‘Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States’, 2011. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf (p 51).(Accessed 22 February 2015).
+|External links=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, "Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States," 2011. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf (p 51), (accessed 22 February 2015).
 }}

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 |Population=4196453
 |GDP=24640
-|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
+|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
 |Eggs for research=?
 |Inheritable genetic modification=?
-|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=?
+|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=social uses prohibited
-|Reproductive cloning=?
+|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Research cloning=?
+|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Sex selection=?
+|Sex selection=PROHIBITED
-|Surrogacy=?
+|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |European Union=
 |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=
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 |Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
 |Introduction=
 |Key laws and policies=* IVF is regulated by the Draft Law on Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Code of Medical Ethics, which has been adopted by the Ministry of Health.
-−
-−
 |Foundational values=
 |Prohibited practices=* The draft law prohibits
@@ Line 33: / Line 31: @@
 Violations of the draft law are penalized.
 |Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
@@ Line 43: / Line 39: @@
 PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSIS AND ABORTION
 * Prenatal diagnoses and selective abortion are only permitted to save the life of the mother.
 |Regulatory activities=
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=
 |External links=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, ‘Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States’, 2011. Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf (p 51).(Accessed 22 February 2015).
 }}

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 |image_flag=Lebanon.gif
 |Region=Asia
-|Population=4,196,453
+|Population=4196453
-|GDP=24,640
+|GDP=24640
 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
 |Eggs for research=?
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 |Sex selection=?
 |Surrogacy=?
 |1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
 |1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
 |2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained
 |Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
 }}