[extropy-chat] HUMOR [Fwd: Israeli Cloning Law]

[Dan Clemmensen]

Anders Sandberg wrote:

>J. Hughes quoted on >HTech from
>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
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>>A permanent ban was imposed on the cloning of human beings under an
>>amendment approved in by the Knesset on Monday that is to replace a 1998
>>law that prohibited such genetic activities for a five-year period. The
>>legislation was approved in a unanimous vote.
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>>Science and Technology Minister Eliezer Sandberg opposed the permanent
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>ban, >saying that the Knesset should have renewed the law for another
>limited >period during which time it could be reviewed.
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>It is nice to see that a certain mutual clone is at least doing what he
>should.
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Do they intend to throw mothers of identical twins into jail, or is there an
exemption for this particular form of cloning?