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)