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Human Patenting
Human Embryo Patent Ban
Culminates 8-Year NRLC Effort --
September 16, 2011
Congress Bans Patents on Human Embryos;
NRLC-backed Weldon Amendment Survives BIO Attacks
-- February 4, 2004
For PDF document, click
here.
Text of letter from
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office endorsing and interpreting the Weldon
Amendment (banning patents on human embryos and fetuses)
--November
20, 2003
For PDF version, click
here (requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Washington Post: Biotechnology industry lobby fights
ban on patenting human embryos
--
November 17, 2003
NRLC
statement in support of the Weldon Amendment to prohibit patents on human
embryos
--November
11, 2003
"Is it ethical to patent people?" Op-ed by Prof. Lori
Andrews, director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the
Illinois Institute of Technology, in support of the Weldon Amendment
--
November 9, 2003
Congressman Dave
Weldon, M.D. (R-Fl.) explains the meaning and scope of his amendment
--
November 5, 2003
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) urges Congress to defeat Weldon
Amendment ban on patenting cloned human embryos -- September 11,
2003 (PDF file -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Excerpt from Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
"factsheet" against Weldon Amendment and in favor of
allowing
patenting embryos
-- September 2, 2003
To read or download the entire BIO memo, click
here.
(PDF file -- requires free Adobe Acrobat Read)
NRLC letter in support of amendment to
ban patenting of humans
--June 17, 2002
view in PDF
Are
Human Clones Really "Human"?
--June 17, 2002
Why biotechnology firms want to clone human embryos -- and it's not only to
harvest their stem cells -- March 2, 2002 |
