The Committee on Social Policy of the Milli Majlis is concerned about protection of reproductive health. Today's meeting discussed and recommended to the parliamentary discussion of the bill with the same name. According to Khadi Rajabli, deputy chair of the committee, the adoption and faithful implementation of the document is important in terms of the genetic health of the nation. The project reflects the priority of the protection of maternal health, the right to freedom of reproductive choice and privacy of reproduction. It reflects the privacy, the right to receive services and related information to the responsible government agencies. Treatment of infertility, consent for the use of assisted reproductive technologies, the use of donor germ cells are also reflected in the articles of the future law.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) donors may be men or women under the age of 35 years old, married with children, do not suffer from physical or mental illness, and willing to disclose relevant past medical and genetic testing.
People seeking the service of a potential IVF donor have the right to receive information about the nationality, education, occupation and physical appearance of the donor, to be provided by a doctor. Officially, married persons may be an IVF donor with written permission of the donor’s wife or husband.
One person can be an IVF donor for up to five families. The donor can exercise control over this part of the procedure in specialized medical institutions.
The bill also reflected concern for families needing of special social support, those who have been unable to have children for 10 years or more due to the infertility of one or both spouses. These families have the right to one-time free access to IVF and embryo placement in public health facilities.
The use of human embryos for commercial, military and industrial applications is prohibited. --17D—
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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