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Committee opinions on  medically assisted reproduction



Opinion No 68 - Maximum age limit for medically assisted reproduction

 

Opinion No 68 of 14 November 2016 on the maximum age limit for medically assisted reproduction.



Opinion No 67 - Reception of Oocytes within lesbian couples (ROPA) 

 

Opinion of 12 September 2016 on the reception of egg cells harvested from the partner within lesbian couples with a view to in vitro fertilisation (ROPA: Reception of Oocytes from Partner).



Opinion No 57 - "social freezing"

 

Opinion no. 57 of 16 December 2013 of the Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics on the ethical aspects of the freezing of eggs in anticipation of age-related infertility.



Opinion No 52 - Use of human tissues and cells in reproductive medicine

 

Opinion No 52 of 12 March 2012 on the ethical aspects of certain provisions of the European and Belgian regulations with regard to human tissues and cells used in the context of reproductive medicine



Opinion No 49 - PGD for healthy carriers of a severe hereditary disease 

 

Opinion No 49 of 20 April 2009 on the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to detect healthy carriers of a mutation causing a severe hereditary disease for which offspring can have an increased risk



Opinion No 46 - Infertility treatment on the request of a prisoner 

 

Opinion No 46 of 19 January 2009 on infertility treatment on the request of a prisoner  



Opinion No 29 - Embryo donations

 

Opinion No 29 of 21 June 2004 on embryo donations    



Opinion No 28 - reproduction after the death of one of the partners

 

Opinion No 28 of 21 June 2004 on reproduction after the death of one of the partners  



Opinion No 27 -  Sperm and ovum donations

 

Opinion No 27 of 8 June 2004 on sperm and oocyte donation  



Opinion No 22 - Sex selection for non-medical reasons

 

Opinion No 22 of 19 May 2003 on sex selection for non-medical reasonss



Opinion No 19 - Intended use of frozen embryos

 

Opinion No 19 of 14 October 2002 on the intended use of frozen embryos.



Opinion No 6 - Operating criteria for in vitro fertilisation centres

 

Opinion No 6 of 8 June 1998 on operating criteria for in vitro fertilisation centres  



Opinion No 3 - Sex selection

 

Opinion No 3 of 17 November 1997 on Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics on sex selection