The law Commission of the national Council has adopted with 19 votes to 4, with 1 abstention, a draft law which the essential elements for the Opening up of marriage for everyone, but do not have access to sperm donation.
in the consultation process, however, also a variant with access to sperm donation for debate, as the parliamentary services announced on Thursday. A slight majority rejects this variant: The Commission, with 12 votes to 11, with 1 abstention.
variant with sperm donation
Today, the sperm donation is only open to mixed-sex couples. The Commission presents for discussion to allow an Amendment to the civil code, the donation of semen to each other married women.
The opponents argue, this would lead to a difference in treatment between lesbian and gay couples as egg donation and surrogacy were prohibited. In addition, they fear that the core template would be overloaded and become a political risk for the Opening up of marriage could be.
marriage instead of civil partnership
The bill goes back to a parliamentary Initiative of the green liberal. Today, the marriage in Switzerland is only open to heterosexual couples. For same-sex couples the option of registered partnership.
This is but not with the same Rights and obligations attached to it. There are differences, for example, the requirements for Naturalisation. Moreover, there is no law in registered partnerships to the joint Adoption of children. In the future, Determine, relating to the marriage, on same-sex marriage application. This would apply to all of the same adoption provisions.
conversion of partnership
New registered partnerships would not exist. Those who are already living in a registered partnership, to the may, however, continue to do so. You should also give the opportunity to the partnership without the bureaucratic hurdles in a marriage.
The Commission wants to open in the next few weeks the consultation process on the draft law. The course had already asked last year. You asked the administration, a template which contains only the essential elements for the Opening-up of the marriage.
Without a change to the Constitution
at the Time, she also met the principle, a decision to waive a constitutional amendment and the implementation at the legislative level to tackle. In teaching is a controversial issue whether a constitutional amendment is needed or not.
The Federal office of justice had made in his report to the Commission for the attention of the view that a change in the law without a constitutional change is possible.
term of infertility
in terms of access to procedures of reproductive medicine, this is less clear. According to the prevailing school of thought is based on the exclusion of same-sex couples to assisted reproductive techniques directly on the Federal Constitution, wrote to the Federal office.
The reason was, that the constitutional concept of infertility could be only to heterosexual couples apply. Thus, the access to reproductive medicine for same-sex couples would require in any case an amendment of the Constitution.
On Thursday between demonstrating 50 and 100 people on the Berner Bears. They demanded that lesbian women have access to reproductive medicine. At the rally, the umbrella Association for rainbow families, and several other organizations had called. For lesbian couples, sperm donation is of great importance, the protesters emphasized. You should at the same time with the introduction of the “marriage for all”. (fal/sda)
Created: 14.02.2019, 19:09 PM
