Just before Easter I put forward on behalf of the government a proposal for modification of the so-

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Last week, Aftenposten wrote about an Indian surrogate trading standards agency mother who died after giving birth to a child for a Norwegian trading standards agency couple. The case has attracted attention, and today responds healthcare minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour) to the criticism against the government's vision.
Just before Easter I put forward on behalf of the government a proposal for modification of the so-called penalty clause in biotechnology law. Some have interpreted the suggestion there that we would make it easier to use surrogacy. It is wrong.
Surrogacy is about a fertilized egg from one woman put into another woman who carries the baby until birth and then give it away. It is not permitted surrogacy in Norway. The Government does not intend to propose any change in biotechnology law that alters it.
When biotechnology law was passed in 2003, the so-called penal provisions. It's about who can be prosecuted for violating the law. Over the years, some raised questions about how criminal responsibility should trading standards agency be understood, and especially about who may be punished. Haziness in particular have been linked to the patients and individuals who use the services offered abroad is not allowed to offer in Norway, may be punished as an accomplice - if it is performed in preparation Norway. It is unfortunate that there is such confusion. The law should promise to be straightforward to understand. Organized activities
As with most other Norwegian laws regulating biotechnology law only what happens in Norway. In accordance with the general rule in Norwegian criminal law, the law acts committed abroad. This means that the frames actions taken in Norway, but not actions abroad. The amendment will make it clear that Norwegian women, men and couples traveling abroad for treatment not allowed in Norway, shall not be penalized because they have made preparations in Norway, for example in the form of contacting a clinic or write contract.
The proposal does not change what was the purpose of the current provision. The main purpose of the criminal provision is to prevent organized activities that conflict with biotechnology law. This is also evident trading standards agency in the Act's legislative history. Under the proposal, there will still be a criminal offense for clinics and health professionals in Norway to offer treatment in violation of biotechnology law, such as surrogacy. There will also be an offense for businesses, associations, organizations or individuals in Norway to help the others get children using such surrogacy abroad, by engaging in outreach activities. No price change
The proposal involves no change of course, compared to what Bondevik government envisaged in 2003. It involves no change in what is today's case law in Norway in this area. Therefore, we discuss trading standards agency the proposal as a clarification of existing law.
Why not take a year off Norwegian girls as surrogate mother in India, instead of being bored at Paradise Hotel? We know that an increasing number trading standards agency of Norwegian women and couples traveling abroad for treatment that is not allowed in Norway. Today, for example, allowed egg donation and assisted reproduction for single in dozens of countries, including Denmark, Finland and the UK. Stork Clinic in Copenhagen performed approx. 700 insemination treatments in Norwegian, single women in 2011. It was never intended that the penalty provision in the Norwegian law would lead to the raised charges against these women by returning to Norway. Do not punish
We know that Norwegian women, men and couples have availed themselves of surrogacy trading standards agency in other countries, such as India and the United States. As far as I know has never been considered a potential criminal complicity in these cases. Under Norwegian law would apply only when necessary trading standards agency for the preparations that were made in Norway before departure. Had the intention been to punish patients and p