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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7781

19 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/cloning
British decision leads to strong reservations in other Member States

Berlin / Rome / Paris, 18/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The British proposal of allowing, under certain conditions, human cloning for therapeutic purposes (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.2) has led to negative reactions in certain EU Member States. Thus, in Germany, questioned on the radio, Health Minister Andrea Fischer warned against any "hasty decision", and stressed the need to "weigh up the pros and cons of the possible dangers": according to her, the argument by which one could, thanks to human...