The Public Health (In Vitro Fertilization) Regulations, 1987, 27 April 1987
Annual Review of Population Law 14: 347-350
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417 PMID: 12346700 Document Number: 381250
This document contains the text of Israel's 1987 regulations on in vitro fertilization. After defining the various terms used, it is stated that the regulations cover removal, fertilization, freezing, and implantation of ova. Ova can be removed only for the purposes of in vitro fertilization and implantation if the woman is undergoing treatment for infertility and such a procedure is deemed advantageous. The regulations specify the consent required for fertilization with donated semen or for fertilization of donated ova with semen of the husband of the woman in whom the ova will be implanted. Special circumstances apply before implantation can take place in an unmarried woman, a woman whose husband has died, or a divorced woman. Frozen ova may not be saved for more than 5 years without a written request to extend the period. Ova removed from a woman who has died may not be used. Ova removed from a woman whose husband has died may be donated with her consent. A fertilized ovum shall only be implanted in the woman who intends to be the mother of the child and shall not be implanted in a woman who bears a familial relationship to the donor of the ovum. A donated ovum may only be implanted in a woman if it has been fertilized by the woman's husband's semen. A husband's written consent is required for a married woman to undergo each act relating to in vitro fertilization. The donor of the semen and the ovum will remain anonymous.