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{{Country
|name=Switzerland
|image_flag=Switzerland-flag.gif
|Region=Europe
|Population=7,591,400
|GDP=423,938
|Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
|Eggs for research=?
|Inheritable genetic modification=PROHIBITED
|Preimplantation genetic diagnosis=PROHIBITED
|Reproductive cloning=PROHIBITED
|Research cloning=PROHIBITED
|Sex selection=PROHIBITED
|Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
|Council of Europe=Member
|1997 COE Biomedicine Convention=signed
|1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed
|2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES
|Key laws and policies=* [http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sz00000_.html Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation] (September 2001)
* Federal Act on Research on Surplus Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells (Embryonic Research Act) (November 2004)
* Federal Law on Genetic Testing (2004)
* Federal Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction (December 8, 1998)
|Prohibited practices=The Constitution and the Embryonic Research Act prohibits the following:
* Research cloning
* Reproductive cloning
* Producing an embryo for research purposes
* Producing stem cells from a research embryo
* Modifying the hereditary patrimony of germ cells
* Producing embryonic stem cells from an embryo whose germline was modified, or use of such cells
* Creating a clone, a chimera or a hybrid
* Producing embryonic stem cells from a clone, a chimera or a hybrid, or use such cells
* Developing a parthenote, produce embryonic stem cells from a parthenote, or use such cells
* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids or parhenotes describedhttp://www.glphr.org/genetic/europe2-7.htm
* 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)Maja 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
* Eggs for assisted reproductionAmerican 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)
|Permitted and regulated practices=Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is generally thought to be prohibited but there are suggestions that the Federal Law on Genetic Testing may allow its use for medical reasons.R. Bell, ed., [http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/cmsfiles/files/resources/a4_symposium_report__european_approaches_to_pgd_web_final.pdf Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis]
}}
== References ==

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 * Federal Law on Genetic Testing (2004)
 * Federal Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction (December 8, 1998) (http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c810_11.html - RMA)
-* The Reproductive Medicine Ordinance (http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c810_112_2.html - RMO).
+* The Reproductive Medicine Ordinance (http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c810_112_2.html - RMO)
 |Foundational values=
-|Prohibited practices=The Constitution and the Embryonic Research Act prohibits the following:
+|Prohibited practices=The Constitution and the Embryonic Research Act prohibit the following:
 * Research cloning
 * Reproductive cloning
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 * Producing stem cells from a research embryo
 * Modifying the hereditary patrimony of germ cells
-* Producing embryonic stem cells from an embryo whose germline was modified, or use of such cells
+* Producing embryonic stem cells from an embryo whose germline was modified, or using such cells
-* Creating a clone, a chimera or a hybrid
+* Creating a clone, chimera, or hybrid
-* Producing embryonic stem cells from a clone, a chimera or a hybrid, or use such cells
+* Producing embryonic stem cells from a clone, chimera or hybrid, or using such cells
-* Developing a parthenote, produce embryonic stem cells from a parthenote, or use such cells
+* Developing a parthenote, producing embryonic stem cells from a parthenote, or using such cells
-* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids or parhenotes described
+* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids, or parthenotes described
 * Surrogacy
 * Eggs for assisted reproduction
-|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
+|Permitted and regulated practices='''Assisted Reproduction'''
 * ART may be used only if a couple is unable to have children without help or if there is no other way of avoiding the risk of transmitting a serious incurable disease.
-* Permitted practices include
+* Permitted practices include:
-** artificial insemination,
+** Artificial insemination
-** in-vitro-fertilisation,
+** In vitro fertilization
-** the preservation of reproductive cells and
+** The preservation of reproductive cells
-** gamete transfer.
+** Gamete transfer
 * Only married couples may use donated sperm cells.
-* ART should respect the child's best interests (the future parents should be able to raise a child).
+* ART should respect the child's best interests (and the future parents should be able to raise a child).
-PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
+'''Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis'''
-* Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is generally thought to be prohibited but there are suggestions that the Federal Law on Genetic Testing may allow its use for medical reasons.R. Bell, ed., [http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/cmsfiles/files/resources/a4_symposium_report__european_approaches_to_pgd_web_final.pdf Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis]
+* Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is generally thought to be prohibited, but there are suggestions that the Federal Law on Genetic Testing may allow its use for medical reasons.R. Bell, ed., [http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/cmsfiles/files/resources/a4_symposium_report__european_approaches_to_pgd_web_final.pdf Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis]
 |Regulatory activities=
 |Accountability and governance=

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 |image_flag=Switzerland-flag.gif
 |Region=Europe
-|Population=7,591,400
+|Population=7591400
-|GDP=423,938
+|GDP=423938
 |Eggs for assisted reproduction=PROHIBITED
 |Eggs for research=?
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 |Sex selection=PROHIBITED
 |Surrogacy=PROHIBITED
 |Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development=Member
 |Council of Europe=Member
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 |1998 COE Cloning Convention=signed
 |2005 UN Cloning Vote=YES
 |Key laws and policies=* [http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sz00000_.html Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation] (September 2001)
 * Federal Act on Research on Surplus Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells (Embryonic Research Act) (November 2004)
 * Federal Law on Genetic Testing (2004)
 * Federal Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction (December 8, 1998)
 |Prohibited practices=The Constitution and the Embryonic Research Act prohibits the following:
 * Research cloning
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 * Producing embryonic stem cells from a clone, a chimera or a hybrid, or use such cells
 * Developing a parthenote, produce embryonic stem cells from a parthenote, or use such cells
-* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids or parhenotes describedhttp://www.glphr.org/genetic/europe2-7.htm
+* Importing or exporting any of the embryos, clones, chimeras, hybrids or parhenotes described
-* 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)=Eriksson>Maja 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
-* Eggs for assisted reproductionAmerican 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)
+* Eggs for assisted reproduction
-|Permitted and regulated practices=Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is generally thought to be prohibited but there are suggestions that the Federal Law on Genetic Testing may allow its use for medical reasons.R. Bell, ed., [http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/cmsfiles/files/resources/a4_symposium_report__european_approaches_to_pgd_web_final.pdf Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis]
+|Permitted and regulated practices=ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
 }}
 == References ==