Philippines

Philippines Information Region Asia Population 90,500,000 GDP (millions USD) 144,129 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction no policy Eggs for research no policy Inheritable genetic modification ? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ? Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning ? Sex selection ? Surrogacy no policy International Agreements 2005 UN Cloning Vote YES 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention not ratified

Prohibited practices

The National Ethical Guidelines for Health Research have no enforcement mechanism, but do prohibit:

• Providing eggs
• Surrogacy
• The intentional creation of human zygotes, embryos or fetuses for study, research, and experimentation or for commercial and industrial purposes
• The sale of human zygotes

Permitted and regulated practices

Under the Guidelines, research may be conducted on a human embryo only for the purpose of improving that particular embryo’s chances of being born alive and healthy.