3dGameMan
07-11-2005, 08:04 AM
Spain greenlights therapeutic cloning: ~source (http://www.theregister.com/2005/07/11/spain_cloning/)
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 11th July 2005 13:38 GMT
Spain's government is heading for a head-on collision with the country's Catholic Church after announcing it will go ahead with therapeutic cloning, Reuters reports.
Health minister Elena Salgado told the El Mundo daily that the legislation could be in force as early as next year, noting: "The Church has always been opposed to the advances of science, but fortunately science has continued progressing. And thanks to that we live in better conditions."
In common with other countries which have decided - despite a non-binding UN ban on all forms of cloning - to proceed with therapeutic cloning, Spain will exert strict control over the process and will not allow reproductive cloning, Salgado confirmed.
Spain was one of 34 countries, including the UK, Brazil and China, which voted against the UN ban. Britain's health secretary, John Reid, dismissed the outcome and had already declared before the vote that "the UK remains 'open for business' in stem cell research"....
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 11th July 2005 13:38 GMT
Spain's government is heading for a head-on collision with the country's Catholic Church after announcing it will go ahead with therapeutic cloning, Reuters reports.
Health minister Elena Salgado told the El Mundo daily that the legislation could be in force as early as next year, noting: "The Church has always been opposed to the advances of science, but fortunately science has continued progressing. And thanks to that we live in better conditions."
In common with other countries which have decided - despite a non-binding UN ban on all forms of cloning - to proceed with therapeutic cloning, Spain will exert strict control over the process and will not allow reproductive cloning, Salgado confirmed.
Spain was one of 34 countries, including the UK, Brazil and China, which voted against the UN ban. Britain's health secretary, John Reid, dismissed the outcome and had already declared before the vote that "the UK remains 'open for business' in stem cell research"....