Seanad debates
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
One can at the beginning say there will be a directed donation. If there is a disagreement at a later point, one cannot allow one partner to decide unilaterally on the use of the embryo. It has to be consensual. There have been several cases in the UK which have examined this issue. They were cases where the genetic material belonged to both but there was disagreement. It was found that the consent carries through. If there is a break-up, one partner cannot decide unilaterally to use the embryo, even though the other partner disagrees.
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