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Medical Liability Law No 17/1986 | Medical Liability Law No 17/1986 | ||
|Foundational values= | |Foundational values= | ||
| − | |Prohibited practices=* Artificial insemination is prohibited by virtue of the Libyan Penal Law | + | |Prohibited practices=* Artificial insemination is prohibited by virtue of the Libyan Penal Law; however, the prohibition does not apply to married couples (Law no 17/1986). |
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* Surrogate motherhood is prohibited. | * Surrogate motherhood is prohibited. | ||
* Gamete donation is prohibited. | * Gamete donation is prohibited. | ||
| − | (Art 403 Bis A and Art 403 Bis B. Libyan Penal Code as appended to the Law No 75/1972) | + | (Art. 403 Bis A and Art. 403 Bis B. Libyan Penal Code as appended to the Law No 75/1972) |
|Permitted and regulated practices=A husband and wife may undergo assisted reproduction with their consent. | |Permitted and regulated practices=A husband and wife may undergo assisted reproduction with their consent. | ||
| − | Libya has a National Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sterility by virtue of General People's Committee Decision No 186/1993 | + | Libya has a National Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Sterility by virtue of General People's Committee Decision No. 186/1993. |
|Regulatory activities= | |Regulatory activities= | ||
|Accountability and governance= | |Accountability and governance= | ||
|History= | |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) | + | |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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