{"id":55124,"date":"2025-08-05T10:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandan-mps-pass-law-allowing-surrogacy-limited-access-to-family-planning\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:19:42","slug":"rwandan-mps-pass-law-allowing-surrogacy-limited-access-to-family-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandan-mps-pass-law-allowing-surrogacy-limited-access-to-family-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan MPs pass law allowing surrogacy, limited access to family planning services from age 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

The legislation, comprising 111 articles, was passed on August 4, 2025, following a thorough article-by-article review that lasted several hours. According to the Chamber\u2019s Committee on Social Affairs, which scrutinised the draft, 20 articles were added for clarity while 29 were removed.<\/p>\n

Committee chairperson Uwamariya Veneranda noted that one of the most debated provisions concerns assisted reproduction, which will be available to married couples where a qualified medical professional confirms that natural conception is not possible.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers also agreed to lower the minimum age for independent consent to some healthcare services from 18 to 15. MP Izere Ingrid Marie Parfaite supported the move but stressed the need for education and preventive measures, including condom distribution. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t we put more effort into giving them condoms, which can also prevent diseases such as HIV?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Several MPs proposed that parents be informed when minors seek certain services, including family planning.<\/p>\n

The law also permits the preservation of gametes and embryos for future reproductive use, as well as surrogacy for individuals with medically confirmed infertility, in line with legal and regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

State Minister for Health Dr. Yvan Butera clarified that the provisions do not grant unrestricted access to all family planning services for 15-year-olds. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe services for adolescents will be clearly defined in the regulations. For instance, permanent sterilisation will not be allowed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The bill was first tabled before Parliament on November 5, 2024, before undergoing review by the Committee on Social Affairs.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Chamber of Deputies has approved a new healthcare services law that legalises surrogacy, regulates assisted reproduction technology, and allows adolescents aged 15 and above to make certain medical decisions without parental or guardian accompaniment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000092056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000092056,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/image_13-c9646.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55124"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55124"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}