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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

Tunisia (Law

01-93 2001 )

√ √

United Kingdom

(Human

Fertilisation and

Embryology Act

2008 )

√ √

USA (variation of

laws within states)

No federal ban on hESC research, but restrictions on federal funding

before 9 March 2009; federal funding only permitted for non-hESC

research or those using hESC lines in existence prior to 9 August 2001.

President Obama’s Executive Order lifted these restrictions for research

involving new hESC lines. No federal funding under 2009 NIH

Guidelines for research that creates human embryo for research purposes

or destroys a human embryo (human cloning) (National Academy of

Sciences 2009 )

Arkansas

(Arkansas Code

2010 )

√

California

( Business and

Professions Code )

√ √

Connecticut

(Public Act 2005 )

√ √

Illinois (Stem Cell

Research and

Human Cloning

Prohibition Act

2007 )

√ √

Iowa (Iowa Code

2007 )

√ √

Maryland

(Maryland Stem

Cell Research Act

2006 )

√ √

Massachusetts

(Acts of 2005 )

√ √

Michigan

(Michigan State

Constitution

1963 )

√ √

Montana

(Montana Code

Ann 2009 )

√ √

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