Vietnam to ban human cloning and surrogacy

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Thu Feb 20 15:18:32 PST 2003


HindustanTimes.com

Saturday, February 15, 2003

Vietnam to ban human cloning and surrogacy

Press Trust of India Hanoi, February 15

The Vietnamese government approved this week a decree banning human cloning, surrogacy and all means of choosing the sex of embryos, state media said on Saturday.

The law, which will come into effect by May 1, will prohibit cloning of humans in all cases and the diagnoses of an embryo's sex due to the boy-biased psychology of Vietnamese people, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper said.

However, the decree allows the application of reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilisation.

Foreigners can use assisted reproductive technology services in Vietnam, but they are banned from donating or receiving eggs, sperm and embryos. Each year in Vietnam around one million couples seek fertility treatment, the newspaper added.

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