European Perspectives on Therapeutic Cloning

Although recent advances in stem-cell research hold promise for therapeutic use, this promise has been accompanied by social, political, economic, legal, religious, and ethical questions. These questions have touched a raw nerve, and numerous laws and regulations have been implemented or are being considered in order to control the use and spread of this new technology. The legal situation is particularly complex in Europe, where each country is governed through both national legislation and the international European legislation passed by the European Union. Since there are deep social and political disparities among countries within the union that stem in part . . .