Limit on Embryo Use Asked
Tor Noerretranders | Oct 19, 1986 | 2 min read
COPENHAGEN-The use of human embryos in industry should be banned and their use in therapeutic and scientific work strongly regulated, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has recommended to its 22 members. Its recommendation, approved Sept. 25, calls on European governments to forbid “the maintenance of embryos in vitro beyond the 14th day after fertilization.” “We realize the scientific world will find this very restrictive,” said Bjoern Elmquist, a Danish member of parliament an