Slovakia - Revision history

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Sonia Allan at 12:30, 31 May 2015

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Administrator at 22:43, 25 June 2014

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Jreynolds at 22:42, 20 May 2009

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{{Country
|name=Slovakia
|image_flag=Slovakia-flag.gif
|Region=Europe
|Population=5,447,502
|GDP=74,988
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=social uses prohibited
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=?
|Surrogacy=?
|European Union=Member
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
|Council of Europe=Member
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=RATIFIED
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=RATIFIED
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
|Treaty of Lisbon=RATIFIED
|Key laws and policies=* Act on healthcare, healthcare-related services and on the amendment and supplementing of certain laws, No. 576/2004 Coll. (September 22, 2004)
* Law on health care (Law No. 277/1994 Coll. §42 (3))
* Penal Code (Law No. 140/1961 Coll.,§246a, amended September 2003)
|Prohibited practices=Reproductive and research cloning is prohibited, and punishable by three to eight years imprisonment.Jozef Glasa, [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/sk_eng_lr.pdf National Regulations on Ethics and Research in Slovak Republic] (2003)
}}

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 * Penal Code (Law No. 140/1961 Coll.,§246a, amended September 2003)
 |Foundational values=
-|Prohibited practices=REPRODUCTIVE CLONING
+|Prohibited practices='''Reproductive Cloning'''
-* Reproductive and research cloning is prohibited, and punishable by three to eight years imprisonment.
+* Reproductive and research cloning is prohibited and punishable by three to eight years imprisonment.
-* The prohibitions are supported by the Slovakian Penal Code, Law 140/1961, which affirms that “any intervention aiming to create a human being in any stage of its formation, which is genetically identical to another human being whether living or dead, is prohibited.” The violation of these laws results in financial penalties and custody up to 8 years.
+* The prohibitions are supported by the Slovakian Penal Code, Law 140/1961, which affirms that “any intervention aiming to create a human being in any stage of its formation, which is genetically identical to another human being whether living or dead, is prohibited.” The violation of these laws results in financial penalties and custody up to eight years.
-* Law 277/1994 on Health Care, research “without therapeutic purpose” on human embryos and foetuses is prohibited.
+'''Research on Human Embryos'''
-Slovakia has also ratified the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and of the Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning of the Human Beings and banned all human cloning, as stated by law number 277/1994 on health care (See http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/sk_eng_lr.pdf).
+* Law 277/1994 on Health Care: Research “without therapeutic purpose” on human embryos and fetuses is prohibited.
-SURROGACY
+Slovakia has also ratified the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and of the Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning of the Human Beings and banned all human cloning, as stated by law number 277/1994 on health care. (See http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/sk_eng_lr.pdf.)
 * Surrogacy is prohibited
-* The woman who gives birth to a child is always seen as it's mother
+'''Surrogacy'''
-|Permitted and regulated practices=* IVF and most ART procedures are permitted and government subsidised
-* Gamete and embryo donation is permitted
+* Surrogacy is prohibited.
-* Note egg donation is only available for people who do not have ovaries or do not produce eggs
+* The woman who gives birth to a child is always seen as its mother.
 * Donor information is confidential but may be provided to the child on request.
 |Regulatory activities=
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=
-|External links=Slavika Karajicic, Policy on Assisted Reproduction in Slovakia, Health Policy Institute, 2013 (available at http://www.hpi.sk/cdata/Publications/HPI_Policy_on_Assited_Reproduction_in_Slovakia_2013_Eng.pdf accessed 23 February 2015).
+|External links=Slavika Karajicic, "Policy on Assisted Reproduction in Slovakia, Health Policy Institute," 2013, available at http://www.hpi.sk/cdata/Publications/HPI_Policy_on_Assited_Reproduction_in_Slovakia_2013_Eng.pdf, (accessed 23 February 2015).
 }}

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 |Population=5447502
 |GDP=74,988
-|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
+|Eggs for assisted reproduction=permitted
 |Eggs for research=?
 |Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
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 * Law on health care (Law No. 277/1994 Coll. §42 (3))
 * Penal Code (Law No. 140/1961 Coll.,§246a, amended September 2003)
 |Foundational values=
 |Prohibited practices=REPRODUCTIVE CLONING

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 |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
 |Treaty of Lisbon=RATIFIED
 |Key laws and policies=* Act on healthcare, healthcare-related services and on the amendment and supplementing of certain laws, No. 576/2004 Coll. (September 22, 2004)
 * Law on health care (Law No. 277/1994 Coll. §42 (3))
 * Penal Code (Law No. 140/1961 Coll.,§246a, amended September 2003)
-|Prohibited practices=Reproductive and research cloning is prohibited, and punishable by three to eight years imprisonment.Jozef Glasa, [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/sk_eng_lr.pdf National Regulations on Ethics and Research in Slovak Republic] (2003)</ref>
 }}

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 |image_flag=Slovakia-flag.gif
 |Region=Europe
-|Population=5,447,502
+|Population=5447502
 |GDP=74,988
 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
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 |Research cloning=PROHIBITED
 |Sex selection=?
-|Surrogacy=?
+|Surrogacy=no policy
 |European Union=Member
 |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member