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Question No 10

REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE TO A QUESTION BY DR HON CONRAD LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WENDESDAY, 14 JANUARY 1987

Question :

Regarding in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and artificial insemination, will Government inform this Council whether it plans to introduce legislative controls on such programmes, and if so, when the legislation will be introduced to this Council, and what will be its spirit and general content?

Sir,

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and artificial

insemination represent new technologies designed to help

couples who, for a variety of medical reasons, cannot have

children through the natural process of human conception.

2.

Artificial insemination, including the

insemination of sperm from donors, was introduced by the

Family Planning Association in 1981. So far it has been

successful in a total of 107 cases. The programme has been

running smoothly and there are no plans to impose control

throughlegislation.

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