President Komorowski signs in-vitro law

Outgoing President Bronisław Komorowski said that he has signed the law regarding procedures for the treatment of infertility, including the part referring to in vitro fertilization. However, the president expressed "serious concerns" whether one clause of the act that allows for obtaining reproductive cells without informed consent was constitutional, and has  decided to refer to the Constitutional Tribunal on the matter. Nonetheless, the law will come into force. In line with the bill, married people, as well as those living together, will be enabled to use in vitro to have a baby. The procedure may be utilized if other possible treatments, lasting at least 12 months,  are unsuccessful. Furthermore, six egg cells may be fertilized. The bill also enables embryo donation, but forbids using them  purposes other than in vitro fertilization. Moreover, neutralization of healthy embryos will be threatened with a prison sentence from six months to five years.