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Royal Assent for cloning bill

December 5, 2001 8:00 AM UTC

The U.K. Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 was granted Royal Assent (signed into law) "prohibiting the placing in a woman a human embryo which has been created other than by fertilization." Any person guilty of this offence could receive up to 10 years in prison and a fine. The Act also covers cloning in Northern Ireland. ...