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In chapter 4, I quoted the recommendations from the National Academies report and the Nuffield report at length because they are the most serious, searching, and detailed assessments of human germline genome editing from before the He Jiankui affair. Between them, they contain 18 thoughtful, careful guidelines. Neither report, however, has the force of law—in the United States, in the United Kingdom, or anywhere else. So— what does the law say?