French Public Health Code
In forceMedically assisted procreation is intended to fulfil a parental project. Any couple consisting of a man and a woman or two women or any unmarried woman shall have access to medically assisted procreation following individual interviews with the members of the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in article L. 2141-10.
This access may not be subject to any difference in treatment, in particular with regard to the marital status or sexual orientation of the applicants.
Both members of the couple or the unmarried woman must give their prior consent to artificial insemination or embryo transfer.
In the case of a couple, the following are obstacles to insemination or embryo transfer
1° The death of one of the members of the couple;
2° The filing of an application for divorce;
3° The filing of an application for legal separation;
4° The signing of an agreement for divorce or legal separation by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures set out in article 229-1 of the Civil Code;
5° Cessation of cohabitation;
6° Written revocation of the consent provided for in the third paragraph of this article by either member of the couple to the doctor responsible for implementing medically assisted procreation.
A follow-up study is offered to the recipient couple or to the recipient woman, who consents to it in writing.
The age conditions required to benefit from medically assisted procreation are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consulting the Agence de la biomédecine. They shall take into account the medical risks of procreation linked to age and the interests of the unborn child.
When oocytes are collected by puncture as part of a medically assisted procreation procedure, it may be proposed to carry out oocyte self-preservation at the same time.
Article L2141-2
French Public Health CodeIn force
Updated 7 Nov 2023
