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A bill meant to restrict the use of surrogacy to individuals The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned the killing of one of its staff in the country.
with infertility or health challenges that prevent them from reproducing Charles Kiir Gone was serving with the peacekeeping mission in Wau, in the north-west.
naturally was on Tuesday tabled in Uganda's parliament. He was reportedly killed during an attack by armed men in a relative’s home, where he was staying.
The bill also seeks to set the minimum age for surrogates to 18. Privately owned Eye Radio news website said that he was on leave from work at the time of the attack that has been linked to cattle rustling.
Medical practitioners who defy these provisions can be imprisoned for up UNMISS has condoled with the family and has urged authorities to immediately investigate the incident.
to five years if the bill passes. In a statement, UNMISS head Nicholas Haysom said the attack "illustrates the real and ongoing threat to the lives of UN peacekeepers supporting South Sudan on its journey towards peace”.
Medical practitioners can also be jailed for life if they use A vicious cycle of cattle raids and reprisal attacks have plagued South Sudan, with thousands killed in recent years.
their own gametes or embryos or those not selected by their
clients.
Donors must also be free of genetic diseases.
The Human-Assisted
Reproductive Technology Bill was tabled by Ugandan MP Sarah Opendi and proposes
more regulations for other aspects of human-assisted reproduction.
The bill also seeks to license
fertility centres and regulate the donation and storage of sperm,
oocytes and embryos.
The bill also seeks to
introduce protections for children born through assisted reproduction.
Uganda will be global
benchmark in legislating assisted reproduction if the bill is passed, Ms
Opendi was quoted as saying by the private Daily Monitor newspaper.
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