19. Is there an important current debate in your country on these or related issues?
In the recent publication on the 24th February 2016 “Olika vägar till föräldraskap (SOU 2016:11)” a government inquiry had been issued to consider different ways to increase the possibilities for involuntarily childless people to become parents. One legal change to occur on April 1st is that single women can now receive MAP. The inquiry has proposed that one should no longer demand a genetic link between the child and one of the parents, which might mean that embryo donation will become possible. The inquiry also included considering whether to permit altruistic surrogacy, if any, in Sweden. The inquiry’s conclusion was that commercial surrogacy should not be permitted, nor should altruistic surrogacy, and that society should also counter that type of surrogacy. The final report has been submitted to a large number of stakeholders, organisations and authorities, for comments by the 23rd June 2016.
In a new government inquiry followed by a law proposal by the government on the 15th March 2018 “Modernare regler om assisterad befruktning och föräldraskap (proposition 2017/18:155)” which will entered into force on January 1st, 2019, the legislator has made embryo donation possible. A couple or a single female may donate fertilized eggs if they already have children of their own and if the egg is genetically linked to one of them (or to the single female). The children born from embryo donation shall have a right to enter their personal information into the special registry to be kept about the donation for 70 years, for any possible genetic siblings to be retrieved upon request.
20. Delegations are invited to provide information, in this section, on particular cases encountered in their country, and especially their case-law. -