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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

Russian

Federation (Law

on the Temporary

Prohibition of

Human Cloning

2002 )

a a a

Saudi Arabia

(Fatwa edict

2003 )

√ √

Singapore (Human

Cloning and other

Prohibited

Practices Act

2004 )

√ √

Slovakia (Health

Care Law 1994 )

√ b

Slovenia (Law on

Biomedically

Assisted

Fertilisation 2000 )

√ √

South Africa

(National Health

Act 2003 )

√ √

South Korea

(Bioethics and

Safety Act 2008 )

√ √

Spain (Biomedical

Research Law

2007 )

√ √

Sweden (Genetic

Integrity Act

2005 )

√ √

Switzerland (Stem

Cell Research Act

2003 )

√ √

Taiwan

(Department of

Health. Policy

instructions on the

ethics of human

embryo and

embryonic stem

cell research 2006 )

√ √

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