France: bioethics law and PMA for all come back to the Assembly
The sensitive subject of the opening of the assisted reproduction to all women is a campaign promise by Emmanuel Macron which is the subject of debate.
Here, during the Pride March: a “PMA pour tous” sign, in Paris, June 29, 2019. REUTERS / Charles Platiau
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The bioethics bill goes into public session before the National Assembly from Monday, June 7 and until June 11.
This text addresses complex subjects, causing tensions in French society, such as the demonstrations against PMA which are scheduled this afternoon.
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The text of the bioethics bill has already been read twice in each chamber, and will return to the Senate on June 24.
The deputies will have the last word, for an adoption desired by the government during the summer.
During its second passage before the Senate, mostly on the right, the bioethics bill was cut from its first two articles. The first which opens up assisted reproduction (ART) to single women and couples of women, and the second which allows the self-preservation of oocytes without justifying a medical reason. Currently, assisted reproduction is only open to heterosexual couples for medical reasons.
During this new reading in the National Assembly, the deputies should therefore restore the text to its previous version, authorizing
assisted reproduction
for couples of women and single women, and providing for the reimbursement of this technique by social security.
For female couples, assisted reproduction will be framed by joint recognition of the child before a notary, before birth.
The
bill
also contains provisions which will enable the child to
know his origins
.
On the other hand, deputies and senators refused by mutual agreement the surrogacy.
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To read also: France: the debate on the bioethics bill shows the divisions of the majority
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