1. Is Reproductive Cloning of Humans feasible or necessary?
Group 1C-beta

2. What is reproductive cloning?
Making a genetically identical individual
Not therapeutic cloning
Naturally – identical twins
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Newcastle University
Cloned embryos

3. Pros Like any other research Is God really against it?
Nature x nurture
Perfect babies
Infertile parents
Therapeutic purposes

4. Cons Unsafe technology Playing God
Complicating genetic & social relationships
Eugenics
IVF, adoption available
Child treated as a donor object

5. Feasible or necessary? Investment of time & research needed
Not particularly necessary – always other options available
But lower costs than some options
Currently banned in most countries
Never ending ethical issues

6. Further reading Reproductive cloning
Cloning Fact Sheet (2009). Human Genome Project Information (1 March 2011)
Human reproductive cloning and IVF
Elsner, D. (2006). Just another reproductive technology? The ethics of human reproductive cloning as an experimental medical procedure. Journal of Medical Ethics 32,
Natural clones
Reed, S. (2001). Human Cloning: my sister, my clone. Time (1 March 2011)
Dolly
Dolly the sheep clone dies young (2003). BBC News (1 March 2011)

7. Further reading Pros and cons of reproductive cloning
Reproductive cloning arguments pro and con (2006). Center for genetics and society (1 March 2011)
Cloning and mitochondrial disorders
Brice, P. (2009). Step towards therapeutic cloning for mitochondrial diseases. PHG Foundation (1 March 2011)
UK scientists clone human embryo
UK scientists clone human embryo (2005). BBC News (1 March 2011)