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Strasbourg (pte022/11.04.2003/11:19) - The EU Parliament is demanding a comprehensive ban on the cloning of human embryos http://www.europarl.eu.int , which is to include so-called therapeutic cloning.
In the first reading, 234 members of parliament supported a petition to change legislation to introduce the complete ban and 217 voted against it.
However, a petition to ban research with additional embryos resulting from artificial insemination did not go through parliament: the vote was tied, with 232 members for and 232 members against the restriction. It is now up to the individual EU states to take a stance on the issue.
The EU Parliament also intends to stop trade with unmodified cells and tissues. Genetically modified cells are to be left out of the ban.
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