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

¹ Be­fore re­pro­duct­ive tech­niques with the ana­lys­is of the ge­net­ic ma­ter­i­al of re­pro­duct­ive cells or em­bry­os in vitro or with the se­lec­tion of donor sperm cells to pre­vent the trans­mis­sion of a ser­i­ous dis­ease are car­ried out, the phys­i­cian shall, in ad­di­tion to the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion and coun­selling in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 6, en­sure that the couple con­cerned re­ceive non-dir­ect­ive, ex­pert ge­net­ic coun­selling. In this con­nec­tion, the couple must re­ceive suf­fi­cient in­form­a­tion on:

a.

the fre­quency, sig­ni­fic­ance and prob­ab­il­ity of con­tract­ing the dis­ease and its po­ten­tial symp­toms;

b.

pro­phy­lact­ic and thera­peut­ic meas­ures that may be taken against the dis­ease;

c.

ways of or­gan­ising the life of a child that suf­fers from the dis­ease;

d.

the in­form­at­ive value of and risk of er­ror in the ana­lys­is of the ge­net­ic ma­ter­i­al;

e.

risks that re­pro­duct­ive tech­niques carry for off­spring;

f.¹³

as­so­ci­ations for par­ents of chil­dren with dis­ab­il­it­ies, self-help groups and in­form­a­tion and coun­selling centres in terms of Art­icle 24 of the Fed­er­al Act of 15 June 2018¹⁴ on Hu­man Ge­net­ic Test­ing (HGTA).

² Coun­selling may only con­cern the in­di­vidu­al and fam­ily situ­ation of the couple con­cerned and not the in­terests of so­ci­ety as a whole.

³ The phys­i­cian car­ries out the se­lec­tion of one or more em­bry­os for trans­fer to the uter­us fol­low­ing a fur­ther coun­selling ses­sion.

⁴ The phys­i­cian must keep re­cords of the coun­selling ses­sions.