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Predictive Genetic Diagnosis

--- Overview United Kingdom ----

- Ethical discussion -

There is no country specific discussion.

- Legislation -

(Author: Staff from Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human Genome, Spain)

In United Kingdom the legislation on Predictive Genetic Diagnosis does not explicity prohibit any kind of these diagnosis. Notwithstanding this country have detailed legislation and directives governing the treatment of embryos.

Links

(Collected by: Staff from Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human Genome, Spain)

Ethics
There are no ethical links.

Legislation

• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1 November 1990)
• Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 188. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001

Further

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Report on genetic screening, 1993)