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{{Country |name=Uruguay |image_flag=Uruguay.png |Region=Latin America |Population=3460607 |GDP=22,951 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=commercial prohibited |Eggs for research=? |Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED |Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=no policy |Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED |Research cloning=PROHIBITED |Sex selection=? |Surrogacy=commercial prohibited |European Union= |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development= |Council of Europe= |1997 COE Biomedicine Convention= |1998 COE Cloning Convention= |2005 UN Cloning Vote=abstained |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED |Treaty of Lisbon= |Introduction= |Key laws and policies=Law Regulating Human Assisted Reproductive Techniques (22/11/2013 No 19.167): http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/leyes/2013/11/msp_512.pdf or http://www.ninrial.com.uy/de-interes/legislacion/leyes/ley-no-19167/ (non-pdf version) |Foundational values= |Prohibited practices='''Experimentation''' * Human cloning is prohibited (Art. 19). * Alteration of human genome is prohibited (Art. 19). |Permitted and regulated practices='''Assisted Reproduction''' * Assisted reproduction is permitted for people who are infertile (married or single) (Art. 2). * Article 7 provides that to access ART: ** People must be less than 60 years old. ** The health of the woman or offspring must not be compromised. ** Written consent by the couple, or woman, must be given. * No more than two embryos are to be transferred to a uterus (Art. 11). '''Posthumous Use of Gametes''' * Is permitted for 365 days after death (Art. 9) '''Gamete Donation''' * Is permitted, anonymous (see below), and altruistic (Art. 12) '''Information''' * Children are entitled to know their method of conception (Art. 10). * The donor's identity be revealed prior court order if the child or his descendants so request the competent judge, in accordance with Articles 21, 22, 23, and 24 of the law. '''Surrogacy''' * Surrogacy is permitted only when a relative agrees to carry the embryo of a woman who cannot gestate a baby due to genetic issues or disease. * The Honorary Commission of Assisted Reproduction must approve such arrangements. * All other surrogacy arrangements are void. '''Experimentation''' * Is permitted for therapeutic purposes (Art. 18) |Regulatory activities= |Accountability and governance= |History= |External links= }} == References == <references/>
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