REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES/CLONING James G. Anderson, Ph.D. Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Chronology First successful freezing of bull semen for artificial insemination First animal cloning of frogs from tadpole cells Cloning of frogs from cells of older tadpoles

Chronology Birth of first in vitro fertilization baby, Louise First human mother to mother embryo transfer First surrogate mother, Mary Beth Whitehead and Baby M.

Chronology Human embryos cloned by splitting a human embryo Cloning of Dolly, a sheep Inducement of human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into different types of cells.

Chronology mice produced which are clones of clones from the cells of a single mouse calves are cloned from a single cow (4 die during birth) Korean researchers combine an egg and a cell from a single donor to produce the first stages of a human embryo

If you had a chance would you clone yourself? (Telephone poll of 1,005 adult Americans, Feb 1997)

Is it against God’s will to clone human beings? (Telephone poll of 1,005 adult Americans, Feb 1997)

Should the Federal Government regulate the cloning of animals? (Telephone poll of 1,005 adult Americans, Feb 1997)

Questions Is cloning merely another reproductive technology like IVF? Does cloning raise new ethical issues? Is cloning permissible for some purposes but not for others? Does the pre-embryo have a certain moral status that needs to be respected?

Questions Can we reconcile the concerns about the pre- embryo with the basic right to procreate? Do individuals/couples have a right to have children with certain characteristics? Should the government prohibit/regulate cloning?