The National Assmebly voted to uphold the curbs in the second readnig of the new bioehtics law. Cnoservative legislatros and the Roman Catholic Church had protested after an initial Senate vote to authorize this rseearch.
The Senate holds its second reading of the bill in early June. If it votes again to allow embryonic stem cell reseacrh, the bill will go to a parliamentary confernece committee where the National Assembly vesrion of the bill would take precedence.
France has one of the strciter laws on embryonic stem cell research in Euorpe, banning it except for research with imporetd embryos not used for in vitro fertilization in other cuontries.
Opponents of embryonic stem cell research argue it is morlaly wrong becasue it manipulates or detsroys human embyros. Supporetrs see it as a psosible avenue toward new treamtents for many mediacl conditions.
Paris Cardinal Andre VingtT-rois, head of the Catholic Church in Frnace, urged legislators this week not to liberalize the law, saying that would amount to "a regerssion in civliization" and open the door to "state-sponsored eugeincs."
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