Federal Law No. (7) of 2019 in the matter of reproductive medical assistance prohibits licensed medical centers in the country from conducting external vaccination between a sperm taken from the husband and an egg taken from the wife, and then implanting the fertilized egg in the womb of another wife.
The recently passed law also prohibited the conduct of an external vaccination between a sperm taken from a man and an egg taken from the wife, and then implanted the fertilized egg in the womb of another woman, stressing in all cases “prohibiting the process of fertilization or implantation, except between a married couple in an existing marital relationship. And in their presence ».
The law specified the penalty for violating this prohibition, by imprisonment for a period of no less than two years and not exceeding five years, and a fine of no less than 500 thousand dirhams, and not more than one million dirhams, or one of these two penalties.
The law affirmed the necessity of the commitment of medical centers in the state when conducting any of the techniques of medical assistance in procreation, with a set of controls and conditions, specifying four cases in which fertilized eggs that were not transplanted in the wife must be destroyed, namely the death of one of the spouses, the end of the marital relationship, the request of the spouses to destroy them , And the expiration of the preservation period without requesting an extension.
The law also specified two cases in which unfertilized eggs and frozen sperms should be destroyed, which is the request of the stakeholders to destroy, and the expiration of the preservation period without requesting extension.
The law permits the preservation of unfertilized eggs or frozen sperm for a period of five years, which can be extended for similar periods, upon written request from the concerned parties.
The law permits pollination of a number of eggs that are sufficient for transplantation more than once, according to the conditions and controls determined by the executive regulations of this law, and fertilized eggs may be preserved so that the number required to be planted is withdrawn when needed, for a period of five years subject to extension for similar periods based on a written request submitted by The spouses, and the centers must take the maximum possible medical or other measures that prevent the eggs from mixing or using them in a manner that contradicts the provisions of this law and its executive regulations, and when there is no need for the rest of the fertilized eggs or a legal or medical barrier preventing them from transplanting them in g Otherwise, these fertilized eggs will be left without medical care until they are destroyed normally, unless the parties request otherwise.
The law aims to regulate the practice of work in the field of medical assisted reproductive technology, to protect society from unlawful practices, and to ensure the use of the most recent scientific methods of reproductive medical assistance.
The medically appropriate method
The Law on "Medical Assistance for Reproduction" requires that medical centers, when practicing any of the techniques of medical assistance for reproduction, that medical assistance for reproduction be the medically appropriate method of reproduction, after it has been established that pregnancy cannot be established by natural contact for a period of not less than a year, unless it is found A previous diagnosis of a contraceptive with normal contact, no waiting for a year.
The law obliges medical centers with controls and conditions when performing any reproductive assistive technology.
The law identifies two instances of egg destruction, which are the request of stakeholders to destroy, and the expiration of the preservation period.