Govt's IVF draft likely to draw fire from all sides

The procedure, controversial in Poland due to objections from the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, will be available to married and cohabiting couples.

Anonymous donation of eggs will be allowed.

In an effort to appease Catholic conservatives, therapeutic cloning will be restricted, while the maximum number of fetuses that may be created is set at six. The limit may only exceeded for women over the age of 35 or in other medically special cases.

Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz called for wide-ranging support for the law, saying the “infertility is a human tragedy, not left- or right-wing”.

The draft law is, however, likely to draw criticism from both sides, as the Roman Catholic Church sees the destruction of all fetuses as the killing of unborn human babies, while most scientists call for legalisation of therapeutic cloning. (an)

Source: PAP