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Federal Act
on Medically Assisted Reproduction
(Reproductive Medicine Act, RMA)

of 18 December 1998 (Status as of 1 December 2022)

Art. 3 Well-being of the child

1 As­sisted re­pro­duct­ive tech­niques may be used only if the well-be­ing of the child is en­sured.

2 They may only be used in couples:

a.
where a basis for a par­ent-child re­la­tion­ship ex­ists in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 252–263 of the Swiss Civil Code4 (CC); and
b.5
who, on the basis of their age and per­son­al cir­cum­stances, are likely to be able to care for and bring up the child un­til it reaches the age of ma­jor­ity.

3 Only mar­ried couples may use donated sperm cells.

4 Re­pro­duct­ive cells or im­preg­nated ova may not be used after the death of the per­son from whom they were ob­tained. The fore­go­ing does not ap­ply to sperm cells from sperm donors.6

5 Im­preg­nated ova and em­bry­os in vitro may no longer be used fol­low­ing the death of any one oft he couple con­cerned.7

4 SR 210

5 Amended by An­nex No 20 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2008 (Adult Pro­tec­tion, Law of Per­sons and Law of Chil­dren), in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2011 725; BBl 20067001).

6 Amended by No I of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014, in force since 1 Sept. 2017 (AS 2017 3641; BBl 2013 5853).

7 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014, in force since 1 Sept. 2017 (AS 2017 3641; BBl 2013 5853).