Banning Human Cloning: An Acceptable Limit on Scientific Inquiry or an Unconstitutional Restriction of Symbolic Speech?

Georgetown Law Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2399-

  Hsu, Matthew B ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLONING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION;

ANIMALS; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; SCIENCE; SHEEP; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPEECH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033163609     PISSN: 00168092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. See Rick Weiss, Scottish Scientists Clone Adult Sheep: Technique's Use with Human is Feared, WASH. POST, Feb. 24, 1997, at Al.
2. The ethics of genetic research, and cloning specifically have been debated for many years. However, Dr. Wilmut's success has moved the debate over cloning from the realm of theory into reality. In fact, as soon as Dr. Wilmut announced his success, the media seized on the potential controversy surrounding human cloning. See, e.g., id.
3. See All Things Considered (National Public Radio broadcast, Jan. 6, 1998), available in 1998 WL 7373959 [hereinafter All Things Considered]. Recently, a leading Italian embryologist, Severino Antiori, announced that he too would attempt to clone a human being. See Steve Farrar, Maverick Fertility Expert Plans First Human Clone, SUN. TIMES - LONDON, Oct. 25, 1998, at 1.
4. See All Things Considered (National Public Radio broadcast, Jan. 6, 1998), available in 1998 WL 7373959 [hereinafter All Things Considered]. Recently, a leading Italian embryologist, Severino Antiori, announced that he too would attempt to clone a human being. See Steve Farrar, Maverick Fertility Expert Plans First Human Clone, SUN. TIMES - LONDON, Oct. 25, 1998, at 1.
5. See Richard Saltus, Would-be Cloner Plans to Start with Himself, BOSTON GLOBE, Sept. 6, 1998, at A6.
6. Just recently, researchers in South Korea announced that they successfully created a cloned human embryo, which was genetically identical to an adult woman. See Rick Weiss, Researchers Report Creating Cloned Human Embryo, WASH. POST, Dec. 17, 1998, at A3. If this report turns out to be true, then the question is not whether human cloning will occur, but rather when it will occur in this country.