Armenia to lift restrictions on right to assisted reproductive  technologies

ArmInfo.  Restrictions on the right to use assisted reproductive technologies in Armenia will be lifted. At its November 28 session, the RA National Assembly  Committee on Healthcare approved the amendments to the Law "On  Reproductive Health and Human Reproductive Rights," submitted by the  RA government for the second reading.

According to RA Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan, the need for  this legislation stems from the Constitutional Court's ruling, which  found Article 12 of the law to be inconsistent with the country's  Basic Law. According to the amendments, restrictions on the right to  use assisted reproductive technologies, specifically the age limit  for women, are removed from paragraphs 1-2 of Part 1 of Article 12.

As a reminder, age restrictions for the use of assisted reproductive  technologies currently in effect are 55 years for women using  surrogacy and 53 years for those carrying a child naturally.