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Fwd:clonazione umana - posizione del giappone - uno spunto?





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JAPAN PROPOSES MAKING HUMAN CLONING A CRIME
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TOKYO, Japan, March 7, 2000 (The Associate Press)

 The government's science arm, worried about the
threat of human cloning "to the maintenance of social
order," has drafted legislation making the act a crime
that could land offenders in prison. The Science and
Technology Agency wants to outlaw the introduction of
cloned human embryos into the womb for reproductive
purposes as well as the creation of hybrid embryos
with human and animal genes, agency official Kimihiko
Oda said Tuesday.

 The legislation, presented Monday and likely to
go before the lower house of parliament this month,
could allow the cloning of human embryos for research
purposes within strict limits, he said.

 Offenders will likely be subject to prison sentences
of three to seven years, several Japanese newspapers
reported Monday, citing unidentified sources at the
agency.

 Two years ago, 19 European nations, including France
and Italy, signed the first international treaty to
prohibit efforts "to create human beings genetically
identical to another human being, whether living or
dead."




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