Legal information

Fertility treatment is only provided to married coup­les or couples who are living in a re­gistered partner­ship or domes­tic partner­ship. For couples in a domes­tic partner­ship who are neither married nor in a registe­red partner­ship, a notarial deed is re­quired before medical treat­ment can commence.
PLEASE NOTE: In the case of insemina­tion or IVF with donor sperm, as well as IVF with donor eggs, even married and re­gistered couples must provide a notarial deed.

Since 2015, lesbian couples have had the option of making use of donor sperm for a fertility treat­ment. Detailed consul­tation with a notary in advance is re­quired for this.
A child con­ceived using dona­ted sperm may, on rea­ching the age of 14, access the relevant records of the Fertility Center in order to learn the iden­tity of their biologi­cal father.

These procedures may only be carried out by specially trained physi­cians and embryo­logists at hospi­tals with the appro­priate certifica­tions.

Preimplantation diagnostics are only per­mitted if

• no pregnancy could be brought about after 3 or more embryo trans­fers;
• at least 3 medically verified mis­carriages or still­births have occurred sponta­neously;
• based on the genetic dis­position of at least one parent, there is a serious risk of a mis­carriage, still­birth or a here­ditary illness.