The dominant reaction to recent advances in cloning technology has been a strong desire to prohibit all human reproductive cloning. A frequently mentioned concern of those who would ban all such cloning is the high rate of waste of oocytes, embryos, and fetuses.1 While this concern is valid, these remarks will focus on potential uses of human reproductive cloning after research with animals and...

How to cite this article: Van den Berg, M.E.S., 2012, ‘Human reproductive cloning and biotechnology: Rational, ethical and public concerns’, Koers – Bulletin for Christian Scholarship 77(2), Art. #412, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.4102/koers.v77i2.412 Previous research indicates a lack of clear international guidelines on the permissibility of embryonic stem cell research and human reproducti...

This paper examines the current Australian regulatory response to human reproductive cloning. The central consideration is the capacity of the current regulatory regime to effectively deter human cloning efforts. A legislative prohibition on human cloning must be both effective and clear enough to allow researchers to know what practices are acceptable. This paper asks whether the current Austr...

lineage in the islamic law is one of the most basic human rights each individual inherits from his family. when modern assisted reproductive technologies appeared in recent decades, the issue of lineage and the child’s rights did not encounter serious challenges. but with the advent of these technologies, the issue of the child’s lineage resulting from new technologies has become the center of ...

In Brief I n August 2001 France and Germany proposed that the United Nations develop an " international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings. " The primary impetus behind the initiative was apparently a concern that those threatening to clone a human being would engage in venue shopping, looking for a nation that had not yet legally banned reproductive cloning. An interna...

The ability of scientists to apply cloning technology to humans has provoked public discussion and media coverage. The present paper reports on a series of studies examining public attitudes to human cloning in the UK, bringing together a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to address this question. These included a nationally representative survey, an experimental vignette study, foc...