A panel of experts commissioned by the Health and Welfare Ministry has agreed to conditionally allow infertile couples to undergo in vitro fertilization using donated ova or sperm, as well as transplants of donated fertilized ova, panel members said.
The panel plans to work out its final recommendations by the end of the year. The recommendations will be the government’s first-ever guidelines on reproductive medicine.
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