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Nature 402, 331-332 (25 November 1999) | doi:10.1038/46348

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German bioethics inquiry 'could hold up essential changes'

Quirin Schiermeier

In contrast to their pre-election promise, the Social Democrats (SPD) in the German parliament have declared their opposition to an all-parliamentary commission of inquiry on human rights and bioethics.They argue that such a 'commission d'enquête', on whose creation parliament is due to vote next week, could delay the introduction of rules and legislation in the fields of biomedicine by producing lengthy debate on principles that have already been agreed.