Saudi Arabia - Revision history

Natalie Oveyssi at 20:19, 15 July 2015

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Sonia Allan at 20:03, 22 February 2015

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Sonia Allan at 20:02, 22 February 2015

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Administrator at 22:41, 25 June 2014

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Jreynolds at 18:39, 25 August 2008

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{{Country
|name=Saudi Arabia
|image_flag=Saudi-arabia-flag.gif
|Region=Asia
|Population=27,601,038
|GDP=376,029
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=?
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=?
|Reproductive cloning=?
|Research cloning=?
|Sex selection=?
|Surrogacy=?
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
}}

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 However, ART is addressed in Saudi Arabia under the regulation of IVF Units, Embryos, and Infertility Management No 2870/1/12.
-IVF Units are required to adhere to Islamic Fatwas.
+IVF Units are required to adhere to Islamic fatwas.
 |Foundational values=
 |Prohibited practices=* Surrogacy
 * Egg donation
 * Sperm donation
-* Post-humous use of gametes
+* Posthumous use of gametes
-* Embryo Experimentation
+* Embryo experimentation
 |Permitted and regulated practices=* Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is permitted for gene therapy.
-* Preservation of embryos permitted with consent of the couple.
+* Preservation of embryos is permitted with consent of the couple.
 |Regulatory activities=
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=
 |External links=See:
-* Assisted reproduction in Saudi Arabia, available at http://www.kau.edu.sa/Files/140/Researches/59099_29447.pdf (accessed 23 February 2015)
+* Assisted reproduction in Saudi Arabia, available at http://www.kau.edu.sa/Files/140/Researches/59099_29447.pdf, (accessed 23 February 2015).
-* • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, ‘Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States’, 2011. (Available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf, accessed 22 February 2015)
+* United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Cairo Office, "Ethics and the Law in Biomedicine and Genetics: An Overview of National Regulations in the Arab States," 2011, available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002152/215207E.pdf, (accessed 22 February 2015).
 }}

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 |GDP=376,029
 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
-|Eggs for research=?
+|Eggs for research=PROHIBITED
-|Inheritable genetic modification=?
+|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
-|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=?
+|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=social uses prohibited
-|Reproductive cloning=?
+|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Research cloning=?
+|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Sex selection=?
+|Sex selection=Social uses prohibited
 |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |European Union=
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 However, ART is addressed in Saudi Arabia under the regulation of IVF Units, Embryos, and Infertility Management No 2870/1/12.
 IVF Units are required to adhere to Islamic Fatwas.
 |Foundational values=
 |Prohibited practices=* Surrogacy

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 |Population=27601038
 |GDP=376,029
-|Eggs for assisted reproduction=?
+|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
 |Eggs for research=?
 |Inheritable genetic modification=?
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 |Sex selection=?
 |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=n/a
 |1998 COE Cloning Convention=n/a
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 |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
 |Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
 }}