Abstract
Amidst much debate, limited cloning of human embryos is now allowed in the UK. The previous Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990 stipulated that human embryos be used only for research into fertility or birth defects. Britain's House of Lords decided in January to pass an order approved by the House of Commons in December to also allow embryonic stem cells in disease research. Opponents of the law, which include right-to-life groups, religious leaders and even the European Parliament, consider this ruling a dangerous move towards full human cloning, although Britain's health minister Lord Hunt has indicated that additional legislature will ensure that full human cloning remains illegal.
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