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NRLC-backed Weldon Amendment survives BIO attacks; Congress Bans Patents on Human Embryos.(national Right to Life Committee; Biotechnology Industry Organization )
WASHINGTON (February 4, 2004) - - For the first time ever, Congress has enacted a prohibition on the patenting of human embryos.
The new law, known as the Weldon Amendment, went into effect on January 23.
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) played a key role in lobbying in support of the legislation, which will make it more difficult for biotech firms to profit from their ongoing attempts to create human embryos by cloning.
The powerful Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) led an unsuccessful four-month lobbying and propaganda campaign against the proposal, but these attacks ultimately failed because of strong support for the ...
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