ACART’s guidelines and advice issued to ECART under section 35 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

Some assisted reproductive procedures can only proceed if ACART issues guidelines or advice to ECART to enable ECART to consider applications.

Some procedures do not need ethical approval on a case-by-case basis. These are called established procedures (for further information, see the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Order 2005)(external link)(external link).

ACART has issued the following guidelines and advice to ECART under section 35 of the HART Act(external link)(external link).

Publications

ACART publication

Guidelines for posthumous reproduction

These guidelines take into account a range of cultural, ethical and legal matters when considering the use, storage and disposal of eggs from a deceased woman, sperm from a deceased man, or embryos formed from the gametes of a person who is now deceased.

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