Luxembourg-29th Session, January 2018-Other

Para 123) On 16 July 2021, the Council of State gave its opinion on bill No. 6568A amending the legal provisions governing filiation. It found that the proposed regulation of the bioethical concepts referred to in the bill was too limited and expressed its formal opposition to the text as a whole, thereby blocking discussion of the bill in the parliament. Consequently, the whole text must now be redrafted; the new version of the bill will provide for the establishment of a legal framework that regulates filiation without discrimination as to the marital status of the child’s parents (i.e. abolition of the distinction between “legitimate” and “illegitimate” children) or the mode of procreation of the child (i.e. without distinction between children conceived through a carnal relationship and children conceived through medically assisted procreation) and without distinction as to the sexuality of the parents. Detailed provisions are currently being drawn up. Para 124) It is important to note that the supplementary opinion issued by the Council of State on 16 July 2021 on bill No. 6568A amending the legal provisions governing filiation also had an impact on the progress of bill No. 7674 establishing a legislative framework governing access to information on one’s origin. In view of the formal opposition expressed by the Council in respect of the treatment of bioethical concepts in bill No. 6568A, the Government is obliged to rework the text of bill No. 7674. Amendments are currently being prepared.