Spain to allow therapeutic cloning, minister says

[maddezmom]

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to introduce legislation allowing therapeutic cloning, its Health Minister said on Monday, a decision likely to bring a new clash between the governing Socialists and the Roman Catholic church.

In an interview in newspaper El Mundo, Elena Salgado said the legislation could be effective by next year.

"The Church has always been opposed to the advances of science, but fortunately science has continued progressing. And thanks to that we live in better conditions," she said.

Therapeutic cloning involves creating embryos as a source of stem cells to cure diseases. The process is controversial because the embryos are later discarded.

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[Javaman]

1. Wow, talk about a progressive nation...

I have to take a closer look at Spain.

[Zenlitened]

2. I had that same thought. Very exciting things happen in Spain...

... and it had gone completely under my radar until now. It seems the great things people are doing over there only become "news" over here once they can be framed as a "conflict with the church."

[mom cat]

3. There will now be enough lines of stem cells...Viva Spain.

:applause: