by APFLI | Jan 30, 2016 | Cloning - Archive, Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism, Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Taking Stock: Where Are We Now? Taking stock of where one is at the beginning of a new project or a new year is a good idea. Where we are in the entire realm of bioethics is beyond the scope of a mere e-newsletter, but what follows are some landmarks discernible in...
by APFLI | Apr 16, 2007 | Cloning - Archive
Sheep geneticists did not make the headlines for a while, but now they are back and in a big way. Scientists have managed to create the world's first sheep-human hybrid at approximately 85 per cent sheep and 15 per cent human. The concept of producing these...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2006 | Cloning - Archive
Since their introduction, modern techniques of artificial fertilization have presented a range of difficult moral questions, among which, emerging with exceptional urgency, are those connected with the cryopreservation of human embryos. Human embryos, conceived in...
by APFLI | Dec 9, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY & REPRODUCTIVE CLONING — Following intensive negotiations among concerned delegations, the General Assembly decided [12/03] by consensus not to take action on two proposals before it on the question of an international convention on...
by APFLI | Nov 27, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
STEM CELLS EXAMINED IN U.S. SENATE — Sen. Brownback (R-KS) conducted another hearing on stem cells, this time focusing on the embryonic stem cell controversy. The committee heard from ethicists and scientists, including FRC’s Dr. David Prentice. Embryonic...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
As early as 10/04, the UN will reconsider a proposal to ban all forms of human cloning. Professor Richard Gardner of the British Royal Society of Medicine said that the doctors group opposes a complete human cloning ban because it could limit the embryonic stem cell...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
Controversial fertility specialist Panos Zavos revealed plans to clone a dead baby. The American doctor, who has been attacked for publicity-seeking by British experts in the field, claims already to have carried out 3 experiments on tissues culled from dead human...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
Human cloning has been prohibited for reproductive purposes in Singapore. However, the clone and kill process condemned by pro-life groups is allowed and the human embryo must be destroyed in 14 days, according to a law passed 2Sept. Singapore, which has been...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
Congress enacted the Weldon Amendment, which prohibits the patenting of human embryos. The law became effective 23Jan04. The powerful Biotechnology Industry Organization lobbied against the legislation because the biotech firms it represents are relying on patents to...
by APFLI | Apr 28, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
UK ALLOWS HUMAN EMBRYOS TO BE CREATED WITH 2 MOTHERS & ONE FATHER. The UKs Human Fertilization/Embryology Authority has reversed a ban preventing scientists from creating embryonic children derived from the combined ova of two women with the sperm...
by APFLI | Mar 2, 2004 | Cloning - Archive
In 2/04, the Italian Parliament voted, 277-222, to ban most assisted reproduction. President Ciampi signed the bill, which became law on 19Feb. It forbids doctors in Italy to perform techniques i.e. artificial insemination using donated sperm. Embryo freezing...