Human Reproduction Bill 2003

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Human Reproduction Bill 2003 would make it a criminal offence to create a human embryo by cloning, and to create embryos for research where childbirth is not intended. Assisted fertility treatment would remain allowed where the aim is a live birth; breaches could carry up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the bringing into being of a human embryo otherwise than by a process of fertilisation, intended to lead to childbirth

Last updated 30 August 2018