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* Embryowet (Law of 20 June 2002 laying down rules on gametes and embryo - Embryo Act): http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0013797/geldigheidsdatum_21-01-2015 | * Embryowet (Law of 20 June 2002 laying down rules on gametes and embryo - Embryo Act): http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0013797/geldigheidsdatum_21-01-2015 | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | *[http://www.hovon.nl/upload/File/Studies_AlgStudInfo_Wetgeving/Medical%20Research%20involving%20Human%20Subjects%20Act_v20March06_EN.pdf Act concerning medical research involving human subjects] (February 26, 1998) |
| − | * Commercial surrogacy: Article 151(b) in the Dutch Criminal Code | + | * Commercial surrogacy: Article 151(b) in the Dutch Criminal Code (See Act of 16 September 1993, Staatsblad 486.) |
|Foundational values= | |Foundational values= | ||
|Prohibited practices=The Embryos Act prohibits: | |Prohibited practices=The Embryos Act prohibits: | ||
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'''Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis''' | '''Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis''' | ||
| − | * PGD is only allowed if there is a high risk of a serious genetic disease, but there seems to be a tendency to allow testing for a more extensive range of diseases than in the past.<ref name=expat> "[http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Dutch-MPs-agree-on-embryo-testing.html Dutch MPs agree on embryo testing]," Radio Netherlands / Expatica (July 4, 2008)</ref> | + | * PGD is only allowed if there is a high risk of a serious genetic disease, but there seems to be a tendency to allow testing for a more extensive range of diseases than in the past.<ref name=expat> "[http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Dutch-MPs-agree-on-embryo-testing.html Dutch MPs agree on embryo testing]," Radio Netherlands/Expatica, (July 4, 2008).</ref> |
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|History=The creation of embryos for research was prohibited by the 2002 Act for a period of three to five years, after which a decision will be taken on whether to lift the ban so that creating embryos for research purposes may be allowed subject to extremely strict conditions. | |History=The creation of embryos for research was prohibited by the 2002 Act for a period of three to five years, after which a decision will be taken on whether to lift the ban so that creating embryos for research purposes may be allowed subject to extremely strict conditions. | ||
| − | |External links= | + | |External links=European Union, "A comparative study on the regime of surrogacy in EU Member States' European Parliament," manuscript completed in May 2013, available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/474403/IPOL-JURI_ET%282013%29474403_EN.pdf, (accessed 22 February 2015). |
| − | European Parliament," manuscript completed in May 2013, available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/474403/IPOL-JURI_ET%282013%29474403_EN.pdf, (accessed 22 February 2015). | + | |
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Country]] | [[Category:Country]] | ||
