CENTRAL AMERICA

 

 

COSTA RICA ���

 

         �Decree No. 24029-S: A Regulation on Assisted Reproduction� (3 February 1995).

����������� http://www.netsalud.sa.cr/ms/decretos/dec5.htm (in Spanish)

 

Article 11: �Any manipulation or alteration of an embryo�s genetic code is prohibited, as is any kind of experimentation with embryos.� (Author�s translation)

 

 

PANAMA

 

         �Law No. 3 Human Cloning Prohibition� (15 January 2004).

����������� http://www.asamblea.gob.pa/NORMAS/2000/2004/2004_532_1891.PDF(in Spanish)

 

Article 1: �Is forbidden in all forms the promotion, financing and/or donating, using public funds or private investments, of experiments, research and developments of all forms of human cloning, meaning the creation of an embryo that is the genetic replica of a human being.� (Author�s translation)