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<dc:title>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to make provision in connection with human embryos and any subsequent development of such embryos; to prohibit certain
practices in connection with embryos and gametes; to establish a Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; to make provision about the
persons who in certain circumstances are to be treated in law as the parents of a child; and to amend the Surrogacy Arrangements Act
1985.</dc:description>
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