ic ies ▁regarding ▁human ▁SC NT ▁SC NT ▁involving ▁human ▁cells ▁is ▁currently ▁legal ▁for ▁research ▁purposes ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁having ▁been ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁Human ▁F ert il isation ▁and ▁Emb ry ology ▁Act ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁Perm ission ▁must ▁be ▁obtained ▁from ▁the ▁Human ▁F ert il isation ▁and ▁Emb ry ology ▁Author ity ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁perform ▁or ▁attempt ▁SC NT . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁practice ▁remains ▁legal , ▁as ▁it ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁addressed ▁by ▁federal ▁law . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁a ▁mor ator ium ▁on ▁United ▁States ▁federal ▁fund ing ▁for ▁SC NT ▁prohib its ▁fund ing ▁the ▁practice ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁research . ▁Thus , ▁though ▁legal , ▁SC NT ▁cannot ▁be ▁feder ally ▁fund ed . ▁American ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁recently ▁argued ▁that ▁because ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁SC NT ▁is ▁a ▁clone ▁emb ry o , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁human ▁emb ry o , ▁these ▁policies ▁are ▁mor ally ▁wrong ▁and ▁should ▁be ▁re vised . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁adopted ▁a ▁proposal ▁submitted ▁by ▁Costa ▁Rica , ▁calling ▁on ▁member ▁states ▁to ▁" pro hib it ▁all ▁forms ▁of ▁human ▁cl oning ▁in ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁in compatible ▁with ▁human ▁dign ity ▁and ▁the ▁protection ▁of ▁human ▁life ." ▁This ▁phrase ▁may ▁include ▁SC NT , ▁depending ▁on ▁interpretation . ▁ ▁The ▁Council ▁of ▁Europe ' s ▁Convention