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Table 1.1 (continued)

Jurisdiction

Permit creation

of human

embryos for

research,

including

SCNT

Prohibit

creation of

human

embryos,

including

SCNT

Permit

derivation

of hESC

lines from

excess IVF

embryos

Prohibit

derivation

of hESCs

Prohibit

derivation of

hESCs, but

permit

importation of

hESC lines

Denmark

(Medically

Assisted

Procreation in

Connection with

Medical

Treatment,

Diagnosis and

Research 1997 )

√ √

Finland (Medical

Research Act

1999 )

a a √

France (Law on

Bioethics 2013 )

√ √

Germany

(Protection of

Embryos 2008 )

√ √ √

Greece (Medically

Assisted Human

Reproduction Law

2002 )

√ √

Iceland (Artifi cial

Fertilization

Regulation 1997 )

√ a

India (Indian

Council of

Medical Research

2012 )

√ √

Iran (Ethical

guidelines on

human embryonic

stem cell research

and therapy 2011 )

√ √

Ireland (Irish

Council of

Bioethics 2008 )

√ √

Israel (Prohibition

of Genetic

Intervention Law

1999 )

√ √

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