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The Ethics of Human Cloning
The Ethics of Human Cloning
Britney Taylor Strayer University – Lithonia Campus

The Ethics of Human Cloning

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Hensley,S (2005,January 14) On the UN’s Failure to Pass an Anti-Cloning Treaty. Retrieved from http://cbhd.org/content/uns-failure-pass-anti-cloning-treaty
Begley,S (2009,Feb9) Human Clones: One Step Closer
Retrieved from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/lab-notes/2009/02/03/human-clones-one-step-closer.html
Gilgoff, D (2009,Feb 9) Did Obama Open the Door to Human Cloning with his Stem Cell Order?
Retrieved from: http://www.usnews.com/news/religion/articles/2009/03/24/did-obama-open-the-door-to-human-cloning-with-his-stem-cell-order
Jones, N.(28 ,Novemeber 2001) Human Cloning – Embroyo Style : Delveriance Retreived from: http://cbhd.org/content/human-cloning-embryo-style-deliverance-or-captivity

Mickie ,R. (2012, January22) Cloning Scientist create human brain cells
Retreived from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/brain-cloning-breakthrough-mental-illness
Epstein ,A (2011, Novemeber 11) Cloning is a Pro- Life Technology
Retreived from: http://capitalismmagazine.com/2003/11/cloning-is-a-pro-life-technology/

Cloning before the 1990s was a science not well known among the public because major successes in this field involved non-mammalian animals; although these successes were far from the public interest of human cloning, they are still crucial to the development of mammalian cloning (Royal , 2009). The first successful cloning was that of a sea urchin by Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch in 1885. The method of cloning used by Dreisch is embryo twinning, a cloning which occurs naturally when a mammal gives birth to twins. He separated the two-celled sea urchin embryo by shaking it until it split into two separate cells which then each grew into an independent organism (Royal, 2009). The scientist Hans Spemann, director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biology in Berlin, also


References: Hensley,S (2005,January 14) On the UN’s Failure to Pass an Anti-Cloning Treaty. Retrieved from http://cbhd.org/content/uns-failure-pass-anti-cloning-treaty Begley,S (2009,Feb9) Human Clones: One Step Closer Retrieved from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/lab-notes/2009/02/03/human-clones-one-step-closer.html Gilgoff, D (2009,Feb 9) Did Obama Open the Door to Human Cloning with his Stem Cell Order? Retrieved from: http://www.usnews.com/news/religion/articles/2009/03/24/did-obama-open-the-door-to-human-cloning-with-his-stem-cell-order Jones, N.(28 ,Novemeber 2001) Human Cloning – Embroyo Style : Delveriance Retreived from: http://cbhd.org/content/human-cloning-embryo-style-deliverance-or-captivity Mickie ,R. (2012, January22) Cloning Scientist create human brain cells Retreived from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/brain-cloning-breakthrough-mental-illness Epstein ,A (2011, Novemeber 11) Cloning is a Pro- Life Technology Retreived from: http://capitalismmagazine.com/2003/11/cloning-is-a-pro-life-technology/
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