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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall es­tab­lish a na­tion­al eth­ics com­mis­sion.

² The com­mis­sion shall mon­it­or de­vel­op­ments in as­sisted re­pro­duct­ive tech­niques and gene tech­no­logy in the area of hu­man medi­cine and com­ment from an eth­ic­al per­spect­ive, in an ad­vis­ory ca­pa­city, on as­so­ci­ated so­cial, sci­entif­ic and leg­al is­sues.

³ In par­tic­u­lar, the com­mis­sion shall have the fol­low­ing tasks:

a.

to draw up ad­di­tion­al guidelines re­lat­ing to this Act;

b.

to identi­fy gaps in the le­gis­la­tion;

c.

to ad­vise the Fed­er­al As­sembly, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil and the can­tons on re­quest;

d.

to in­form the pub­lic about im­port­ant find­ings and to pro­mote de­bate on eth­ic­al mat­ters with­in so­ci­ety.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the oth­er tasks to be car­ried out by the com­mis­sion in the area of hu­man medi­cine. It shall en­act im­ple­ment­ing pro­vi­sions.