In vitro research on embryos is not prohibited. There is no specific restriction in the law or a bill concerning experiments on human embryos. It is not necessary to receive the approval of the Ethics Committee.
All legislative documents that regulate the activity of medical doctors in the area of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine are:
1. The Family Code of Ukraine (published in Verkhovna Rada News in 2002, N 21-22, p.135) with changes.
Article 123. Determining the origin of a child born as a result of the application of assisted reproductive technologies.
1. If a child was born to a wife and such child was conceived as a result of the application of assisted reproductive technologies, undertaken with the written consent of her husband, he is recorded as the father of the child.
2. If a human embryo conceived by a couple as a result of the application of assisted reproductive technologies is transferred into the body of another woman, the parents of the child are the abovementioned couple.
3. A couple is considered to be the parents of a child born to the wife after the human embryo conceived by her husband and another woman as a result of the application of assisted reproductive technologies is transferred into her body.
2. The only document that regulates ART in Ukraine is Order 771 of the Health Ministry of Ukraine, dated 23.12.2008 (the previous one, N 24, dated 04.02.1997, has been cancelled). None of these documents regulate the field of Embryo Research.
3. The Law of Ukraine N2231-15, published 14.12.2004, “On the prohibition of reproductive cloning of humans”. According to this document, the reproductive cloning of humans and the transport in Ukraine of cloned human embryos is prohibited.