Federation Council approves cloning moratorium
15:32, 17 March 2010
MOSCOW. March 17. KAZINFORM The Federation Council upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday approved the bill on "temporary ban on human cloning." It extends the moratorium until the comprehensive law - that sets the procedure for cloning technologies - comes into effect, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Human cloning was banned in Russia from 2002 to 2007.
Chairwoman of the house committee on social politics and health care Valentina Petrenko said the senators, while extending the moratorium, assume it concerns not only medical, but also moral norms.
The ban is within the vein of UN declarations, which calls for banning all forms of human cloning., Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.