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Monday February 16, 2004
Spanish Central Government Objects to New Emrbyo Research Facility
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MADRID, February 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The creation of 30 human clones by South Korean researchers has re-ignited the stem cell/cloning debate all over the world. In Spain, Government authorities have objected to the creation of an embryonic stem cell bank in socialist-controlled Andalusia. The bank opened in late January in Granada with the Andalusian government promising over $ 5 million for research grants. The ruling party of Andalusia is accusing the conservative central government of pandering to Catholic groups opposed to human cloning.
Early this month, Health Minister Ana Marķa Pastor announced a plan to set up a stem cell research centre in Madrid that would regulate and coordinate research and train scientists. She said that the government did not intend to obstruct such research but that, under revisions in a law on assisted reproduction, the research must be supervised by the national government. The law, as it exists now allows for research to be done, with parental consent, on embryos that have been frozen for five years or more. It is widely, though erroneously, believed that embryos cease to be "viable" after five years.
However, on Friday, after the announcement of the Korean cloning breakthrough, the Spanish government filed a lawsuit against the Andalusian centre, contending that it has the right to control research with stem cells. Deputy Prime Minister Javier Arenas said the government opposed the cloning of human embryos for medical research.
International Herald Tribune coverage:
http://www.iht.com/articles/129722.html
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