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Human Dignity: A Fuzzy Concept? by John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe One of the key issues in the debate over human cloning involves the meaning of human dignity.… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Dignity – A Fuzzy Concept?

Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin And on the Dignity of Procreation  Replies to Certain Questions of the Day Issued by the… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: The Dignity of Human Procreation

The meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission on May 17, 1997, concerned a number of proposed recommendations to the President on human cloning. Among… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Problems with the Clone-and-Kill Option

Model Legislation to ban the Cloning of Human Beings Whoever knowingly replicates or produces an organism that is genetically human, or is genetically a hybrid… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Model Legislation

As of June 20, 1997, a number of countries such as Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Australia, have laws that ban… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Legislation in Other Nations

Remarks on human cloning to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission March 13, 1997 Gilbert Meilaender Thank you for this opportunity to address your Commission. Although… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Begotten, Not Made

Protecting Human Life and Dignity:  The Arguments against Human Cloning The dangers associated with human cloning are extensive. Some of the objections to cloning are… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Human Life and Dignity

Appendix:  An Approach to a Key Theological Question In the debate over human cloning, one of the recurrent issues concerns “ensoulment.” At what point does… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: Appendix

For an International Ban Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D. Addie Clark Harding Professor The Committee on Social Thought and The College The University of Chicago… Read More »Ban Human Cloning: For an International Ban