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{{Country
|name=Norway
|image_flag=Norwayflag.png
|Region=Europe
|Population=4,752,735
|GDP=391,498
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
|Eggs for research=PROHIBITED
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=social uses prohibited
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=social uses prohibited
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
|Council of Europe=Member
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=RATIFIED
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=no
|2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
|Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
|Key laws and policies=* [http://www.bion.no/lov/Biotechnology_act_MASTER.pdf Act No. 100 on the use of biotechnology in human medicine] (the Biotechnology Law) ([http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-20031205-100.html Lov om humanmedisinsk bruk av bioteknologi m.m. (bioteknologiloven)]) (December 5, 2003)
|Foundational values="The purpose of this Act is to ensure that medical applications of biotechnology are utilised for the benefit of everyone in an inclusive society. This shall be done in accordance with the principles of respect for human dignity, human rights and personal integrity and without any discrimination on the basis of genetic constitution, on the basis of the ethical norms that form part of our Western cultural heritage." (Preamble to the Biotechnology Law)
|Prohibited practices=The Biotechnology Law prohibits:
* Social sex selection
* Genetic modification of embryos
* Donation of eggs or sperm
* Research on fertilised eggs, human embryos and cell lines derived from fertilised eggs or human embryos
* Reproductive cloning
* Research cloning
* Gene therapy on fetuses and embryos
* Gene therapy that may involve genetic modification of gametes
* SurrogacyAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine, "[http://www.fertstert.org/issues/contents?issue_key=S0015-0282(07)X0176-6 IFFS Surveillance 07]," ''Fertility and Sterility'' (Vol. 87. No. 4, Suppl. 1, April 2007)Dolores Dooley and Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Tnu-ZT08hVIC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=norway+surrogacy+law+OR+policy&source=web&ots=rFcvgMSUwa&sig=coo3o-Vf2-k4elmY9KlinaTsBvo&hl=en Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies: Cases and Questions]'' Berghahn Books (2003), p. 66Maja Kirilova Eriksson, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GQk_1f7C5BwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=norway+surrogacy+law+OR+policy&source=web&ots=PYNoyHUoD_&sig=He8Exp9mF1i6L-VMWwDZHGXkPZM&hl=en Reproductive Freedom: In the Context of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law]'', Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (1999), p. 208
|Permitted and regulated practices=PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but not used.
|Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/Health-and-care.html?id=917 Ministry of Health and Care Services] to issue further regulations, and established the [http://bioteknologinemnda.no/index_eng.shtml Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board]. The [http://www.helsetilsynet.no/templates/sectionpage____5499.aspx Norwegian Board of Health] supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
}}
== References ==

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	* ART is available to couples living together in a stable relationship. Marriage or heterosexuality is not required.		* ART is available to couples living together in a stable relationship. Marriage or heterosexuality is not required.
		+

	'''Sperm Donation'''		'''Sperm Donation'''

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 |Foundational values=Biotechnology Act provides that:
-"The purpose of this Act is to ensure that medical applications of biotechnology are utilised for the benefit of everyone in an inclusive society. This shall be done in accordance with the principles of respect for human dignity, human rights and personal integrity and without any discrimination on the basis of genetic constitution, on the basis of the ethical norms that form part of our Western cultural heritage." (Preamble to the Biotechnology Law)
+"The purpose of this Act is to ensure that medical applications of biotechnology are utilised for the benefit of everyone in an inclusive society. This shall be done in accordance with the principles of respect for human dignity, human rights and personal integrity and without any discrimination on the basis of genetic constitution, on the basis of the ethical norms that form part of our Western cultural heritage" (Preamble to the Biotechnology Law).
 |Prohibited practices=The Biotechnology Law prohibits:
 * Social sex selection
 * Genetic modification of embryos
 * Donation of eggs
-* Research on fertilised eggs, human embryos and cell lines derived from fertilised eggs or human embryos
+* Research on fertilized eggs, human embryos, and cell lines derived from fertilized eggs or human embryos
 * Reproductive cloning
 * Research cloning
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 * Surrogacy
-(NB -
+Note:
-* Donated eggs or embryos may not be used (but one’s own eggs or embryo may be preserved and used)
+* Donated eggs or embryos may not be used (but one’s own eggs or embryo may be preserved and used).
 * Surrogacy is prohibited as a result of the prohibition on egg and embryo donation.
 * Additionally, only couples may access IVF, so no artificial insemination of a surrogate is possible.
 * In addition, an agreement to bear a child for another person and then hand that child over, is not enforceable.
-|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
+|Permitted and regulated practices='''Assisted Reproduction'''
 * ART is available to couples living together in a stable relationship. Marriage or heterosexuality is not required.
-SPERM DONATION
+'''Sperm Donation'''
-* Sperm donation is permitted
+* Sperm donation is permitted.
 * Donor conceived children may access information about the donor at age 18.
-PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
+'''Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis'''
-* PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but not used.
+* PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but is not used.
 |Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the  Ministry of Health and Care Services to issue further regulations, and established the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board. The Norwegian Board of Health supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=
-|External links=The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion has clarified the current law - the Children Act's and the Adoption Act's provisions on parentage in respect of international surrogacy: See statement here:
+|External links=The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion has clarified the provisions of the current laws, the Children's Act and the Adoption Act, on parentage in respect to international surrogacy. See statement here: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/commission-on-paternity-nou-2009-5/id576775/?regj_oss=10.
-−
 https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/commission-on-paternity-nou-2009-5/id576775/?regj_oss=10
 }}
 == References ==

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 |Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
 |Research cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Sex selection=?
+|Sex selection=Social uses prohibited
 |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |European Union=

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 PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
 * PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but not used.
-|Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the  Ministry of Health and Care Services to issue further regulations, and established the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board]. The Norwegian Board of Health supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
+|Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the  Ministry of Health and Care Services to issue further regulations, and established the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board. The Norwegian Board of Health supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=

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 * PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but not used.
-|Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/Health-and-care.html?id=917 Ministry of Health and Care Services] to issue further regulations, and established the [http://bioteknologinemnda.no/index_eng.shtml Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board]. The [http://www.helsetilsynet.no/templates/sectionpage____5499.aspx Norwegian Board of Health] supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
+|Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the  Ministry of Health and Care Services to issue further regulations, and established the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board]. The Norwegian Board of Health supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
 |Accountability and governance=
 |History=

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 |image_flag=Norwayflag.png
 |Region=Europe
-|Population=4,752,735
+|Population=4752735
-|GDP=391,498
+|GDP=391498
 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
 |Eggs for research=PROHIBITED
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 |Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
 |Research cloning=PROHIBITED
-|Sex selection=social uses prohibited
+|Sex selection=?
 |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
 |Council of Europe=Member
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 |2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention=RATIFIED
 |Treaty of Lisbon=n/a
-|Key laws and policies=* [http://www.bion.no/lov/Biotechnology_act_MASTER.pdf Act No. 100 on the use of biotechnology in human medicine] (the Biotechnology Law) ([http://www.lovdata.no/all/nl-20031205-100.html Lov om humanmedisinsk bruk av bioteknologi m.m. (bioteknologiloven)]) (December 5, 2003)
+|Introduction=
-|Foundational values="The purpose of this Act is to ensure that medical applications of biotechnology are utilised for the benefit of everyone in an inclusive society. This shall be done in accordance with the principles of respect for human dignity, human rights and personal integrity and without any discrimination on the basis of genetic constitution, on the basis of the ethical norms that form part of our Western cultural heritage." (Preamble to the Biotechnology Law)
+|Key laws and policies=* Biotechnology Act (2003): http://www.ub.uio.no/ujur/ulovdata/lov-20031205-100-eng.pdf
 |Prohibited practices=The Biotechnology Law prohibits:
 * Social sex selection
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 * Gene therapy on fetuses and embryos
 * Gene therapy that may involve genetic modification of gametes
-* SurrogacyAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine, "[http://www.fertstert.org/issues/contents?issue_key=S0015-0282(07)X0176-6 IFFS Surveillance 07]," ''Fertility and Sterility'' (Vol. 87. No. 4, Suppl. 1, April 2007)Dolores Dooley and Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Tnu-ZT08hVIC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=norway+surrogacy+law+OR+policy&source=web&ots=rFcvgMSUwa&sig=coo3o-Vf2-k4elmY9KlinaTsBvo&hl=en Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies: Cases and Questions]'' Berghahn Books (2003), p. 66Maja Kirilova Eriksson, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=GQk_1f7C5BwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=norway+surrogacy+law+OR+policy&source=web&ots=PYNoyHUoD_&sig=He8Exp9mF1i6L-VMWwDZHGXkPZM&hl=en Reproductive Freedom: In the Context of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law]'', Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (1999), p. 208
+* Surrogacy
 |Permitted and regulated practices=PGD is not illegal (in the special case of serious sex-linked hereditary diseases for which no treatment is available), but not used.
 |Regulatory activities=The Biotechnology Law requires registration of research establishments, authorizes the [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/Health-and-care.html?id=917 Ministry of Health and Care Services] to issue further regulations, and established the [http://bioteknologinemnda.no/index_eng.shtml Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board]. The [http://www.helsetilsynet.no/templates/sectionpage____5499.aspx Norwegian Board of Health] supervises the medical use of biotechnology.
 }}
 == References ==