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0147
WITHDRAWN
Senators Wiles of the 37th, Hudgens of the 47th and Unterman of the 45th offered the following amendment:
Senators Wiles of the 37th, Hudgens of the 47th and Unterman of the 45th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Health and Human Services Committee substitute to SB 169 (LC 36
1398S) by inserting after
"standards"
on line 7 the following:
to provide for a guardian ad litem and a temporary guardian of the in vitro human embryo under certain circumstances;
to provide for a guardian ad litem and a temporary guardian of the in vitro human embryo under certain circumstances;
By
inserting after
"embryo"
on line 45 the
following:
shall not be for research and
shall not be for research and
By
replacing lines 71 through 72 with the following:
(a)
In disputes arising between any parties regarding the in vitro human embryo, the
judicial standard for resolving such disputes shall be the best interest of the
in vitro human embryo.
(b)
Upon petition of a donor, a donor's heirs in the event of the death of the
donor, the fertility physician, or the medical facility that employs the
physician, a superior court in the jurisdiction in which the in vitro human
embryo is located shall appoint a guardian ad litem to protect the rights of
the in vitro human embryo.
(c)
If the contractual or custodial rights of the donors having contractual or
custodial rights to the in vitro human embryo are relinquished or terminated,
the fertility physician shall be deemed the temporary guardian of the in vitro
human embryo until transfer to the uterus of a human female. If the fertility
physician elects not to serve as the temporary guardian, the medical facility
that employs the physician shall be deemed the temporary guardian of the in
vitro human embryo.