[20030514]RS21517_关于克隆人的州法律.pdf

1 Memorandum on the Prohibition on Federal Funding for Cloning of Human Beings, 33 WeeklyComp. Pres. Doc. 281 (March 4, 1997).2 Although many states have laws that regulate research or experimentation on embryos andfetuses and although these laws may be broad enough to include embryos in the early stages ofdevelopment, it is unlikely that courts would construe these laws to apply to cloned embryos. LoriB. Andrews, The Current and Future Legal Status of Cloning, in Cloning Human Beings, Vol.II at F-5 (National Bioethics Advisory Commission, June 1997). As a result, this report focusesexclusively on state laws that regulate cloning specifically.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21517Updated May 14, 2003State Laws on Human CloningJody FederLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryAlthough numerous human cloning bills have been introduced in the 108thCongress and one H.R. 534 has passed in the House of Representatives, cloninglegislation has yet to be enacted at the federal level. In the absence of federal legislation,state laws provide the only existing framework for regulating human cloning act