Embryos
(asked on 17th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether human embryos have any rights or protections enshrined in United Kingdom or international law; and if so, what is the extent of those rights or protections.
This question was answered on 26th March 2015
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended, places a number of prohibitions on the use of human embryos in assisted reproduction and research.