Mavroforou Anna, Giannoukas Athanasios, Michalodimitrakis Emmanuel
Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Med Law. 2003;22(1):55-62.
The creation of Dolly, a cloned lamb from adult cells was a major scientific breakthrough, which opened new avenues for many research fields such as reproductive medicine, transplantation and biotechnology. However this achievement brought to public attention the theoretical possibility of human reproductive cloning. Inevitably heated debate occurred on several ethical and legal consequences of the prospect of human cloning. At the present time there is no legal framework in any country to respond to this challenge in a pragmatic way in order to protect human rights and at the same time to allow science to work for the best interests of mankind. Greece is a European Union country with its own traditions, history, culture and beliefs but without political and legislative experience in the handling of medical and biotechnological matters. This paper aims to discuss the legal issues likely to be raised by the prospect of human reproductive cloning in relation to the current state of the Greek legal system.
多利羊是一只由成年细胞克隆而成的羔羊，它的诞生是一项重大的科学突破，为生殖医学、移植和生物技术等许多研究领域开辟了新途径。然而，这一成果使人类生殖克隆的理论可能性引起了公众关注。不可避免地，关于人类克隆前景的若干伦理和法律后果引发了激烈辩论。目前，没有任何一个国家有法律框架能够以务实的方式应对这一挑战，以保护人权，同时让科学为人类的最大利益服务。希腊是一个拥有自己传统、历史、文化和信仰的欧盟国家，但在处理医疗和生物技术事务方面缺乏政治和立法经验。本文旨在探讨人类生殖克隆前景可能引发的与希腊法律体系现状相关的法律问题。
