Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology

Welcome

The area of human assisted reproductive technology advances at an astonishing rate. While these technologies offer many potential benefits for infertile couples, there are also uncertainties, risks, and unknowns.

Against this backdrop, the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) has been established to formulate policy and advice specific to New Zealand within this controversial field. Read more about ACART.

News and Updates

23 July: Consultation on the Use of Frozen Eggs in Fertility Treatment: Discussion document
Please take the time to consider the questions included in this document. We would welcome your comments on these, or any other aspect of the document. Although ACART has set out its proposed advice to the Minister, it is open to changing its views. Your comments will help ACART to finalise its recommendations to the Minister on the use of frozen eggs in fertility treatment. Submissions close 5 September 2008.

23 July: Consultation on Draft Guidelines for the Use of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis with Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing
ACART is now consulting on draft guidelines for PGD with HLA tissue typing. These guidelines will be used by the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology in considering and determining applications to use the procedure. Submissions close 5 September 2008.

19 Mar: Consultation on Aspects of Assisted Reproductive Technology: Summary of Submissions
ACART has issued the following summaries of submissions: Part One - Surrogacy Arrangements involving Providers of Fertility Services; and Part Two - Donation of Eggs or Sperm between Certain Family Members

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