Cloning: Ethics and Public Policy

R Charo - Hofstra L. Rev., 1998 - HeinOnline
Much of the discussion about cloning focuses on whether the act of cloning is right or wrong,
according to some theory of morality. This is a worthy debate, and one that should help …

Popular cloning versus scientific cloning in ethical debates

LM Silver - NYUJ Legis. & Pub. Pol'y, 2000 - HeinOnline
From the moment the Roslin Institute announced Dolly's birth', the potential for human
cloning elicited worldwide attention, condemnation, and fear. 2 In the remarks that follow, I …

The Case Against Human Cloning

VJ Ehlers - Hofstra L. Rev., 1998 - HeinOnline
In 1997, the announcement of a cloned sheep ignited an international discussion that
continues still today. The scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, claimed …

Why We Should Ban the Cloning of Human Beings

LR Kass - Tex. Rev. L. & Pol., 1999 - HeinOnline
" To clone or not to clone a human being" is no longer a fanciful question. Success in cloning
first sheep, then cows, and most recently, great success in cloning mice makes it perfectly …

Don't Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater: Why a Ban on Human Cloning Might Be a Threat to Human Rights

A Zelony - Loy. LA Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., 2005 - HeinOnline
NOTE: While this comment was being prepared for publication, the United Nations General
Assembly voted on the issue of human cloning creating a non-binding resolution. While the …

Cloning and Harming: Children, Future Persons, and the Best Interest Test

MA Roberts - Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y, 1999 - HeinOnline
A profound issue raised by the prospect of human cloning is the question of harm. If cloning,
while harming no one, stands to help people with respect to those activities that" form [a] cen …

Human cloning: the role of law

SR Martyn - U. Tol. L. Rev., 2000 - HeinOnline
THIS article addresses the legal issues we all will face should human cloning become a
reality. Specifically, I address here the question of not what law can do, but how our society …

Does the Thirteenth Amendment Privide a Jurisdictional Basis for a Federal Ban on Cloning

SC Vinck - J. Legis., 2003 - HeinOnline
Over the past several years, human cloning has become the subject of intense public debate
because the possibility of cloned human persons raises grave ethical qualms. For many, the …

The ethics of human cloning and the fate of science in a democratic society

KD Pimple - Val. UL Rev., 1997 - HeinOnline
In late February 1997, the world learned that Dr. Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at the Roslin
Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, had successfully cloned an adult sheep. The cloned …

To clone or not to Clone

ED Shapiro, J Long, R Gideon - NYUJ Legis. & Pub. Pol'y, 2000 - HeinOnline
In the last decade, science, especially the biomedical field, has been transforming what has
heretofore been the realm of science fic-tion into reality.'Science, medicine in particular, has …