Lithuania

Lithuania Information Region Europe Population 3369600 GDP (millions USD) 38,345 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction ? Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification PROHIBITED Preimplantation genetic diagnosis PROHIBITED Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning PROHIBITED Sex selection ? Surrogacy no policy International Agreements 1997 COE Biomedicine Convention RATIFIED 1998 COE Cloning Convention RATIFIED 2005 UN Cloning Vote no 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention RATIFIED 2007 Treaty of Lisbon RATIFIED

Key laws and policies

• Law on Ethics of Biomedical Research No. VIII-1679 (May 11, 2000)

Foundational values

The Law on Ethics of Biomedical Research states that "Biomedical research must be conducted according to the principle whereby the interests of the human being prevail over the interests of society and science."

Prohibited practices

The Law on Ethics of Biomedical Research prohibits

• Human cloning
• "Invasive" research on human embryos

In addition, Lithuania's ratification of the Council of Europe's Convention on Biomedicine commits it to prohibitions on:

• PGD for social uses
• Research cloning
• Somatic genetic enhancement
• Inheritable genetic modification

Regulatory activities

The Law on Ethics of Biomedical Research states that "Biomedical research in Lithuania may be performed only subject to an approval obtained from the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee or the Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee."

External links

• Eugenijus Gefenas and Asta Cekanauskaite, National Regulations on Ethics and Research in Lithuania, European Commission, Brussels (2003)