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6. Findings and Recommendations
6. Findings and Recommendations
Pages 92-100
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Instead, the panel defers to others on the fundamental ethical, religious, and societal questions, and presents this report on the scientific and medical aspects to inform the broader debate. This report differs in this respect from the last major report on the topic in the United States, Cloning Human Beings, a 1997 report developed by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)
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We are convinced that the scientific and medical data concerning the likely danger to the implanted fetus or the eventual newborn if reproductive cloning of humans is attempted in the near future are very compelling. The panel has based its support for the proposed ban on human reproductive cloning on the following findings: Finding 1: The scientific and medical criteria used to evaluate the safety of reproductive cloning must be the potential morbidity and death of the woman carrying the clone as a fetus and of the newborn and the risk to women donating the eggs.
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Participants in any human cloning research efforts require full protection as human research participants, although it should be noted that, as with fetal surgery, this protection cannot be extended fully to the cloned fetus. Human reproductive cloning has not been performed before, and its introduction, if it ever occurred, would require systematic research.
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Part of that evaluation would include a recommendation as to when the next such evaluation should be conducted. Finding 9: Two activities will be particularly important for an updated evaluation of human reproductive cloning: a thorough scientific and medical review to evaluate whether the procedures are likely to be safe and effective, and a broad national dialogue on the societal, religious, and ethical issues.
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED BAN ON REPRODUCTIVE CLONING FOR NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION TO PRODUCE STEM CELLS As part of our panel's charge, we were asked: "Based on the current scientific and medical evidence, should there be a moratorium on the cloning of a person? What are the implications of doing so?
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If our recommendation is adopted, the development and birth of a newborn would be criminalized by a legally-enforceable ban on any such attempts at implantation. The committee that produced the report from the National Academies entitled Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine considered a wide range of views on the ethical and societal issues involved in the production of human embryonic stem cells including nuclear transplantation technology [2~.
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THE PANEL'S CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The panel has examined and analyzed the scientific, medical, and legal literature on the issue, and heard testimony at a workshop from experts in animal cloning, assisted reproductive technologies, and science, technology, and legal policy including people who, on scientific and medical grounds, either oppose or defend human cloning. After carefully considering the issues raised, we conclude that the case has not been proven that human reproductive cloning would lead to fewer negative outcomes at this time than reproductive cloning in other mammals, and we make the following recommendations: Human reproductive cloning should not now be practiced.
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Because of its considerable potential for developing new medical therapies for life-threatening diseases and advancing fundamental knowledge, the panel supports the conclusion of a recent National Academies report that recommended that biomedical research using nuclear transplantation to produce stem cells be permitted. A broad national dialogue on the societal, religious, and ethical issues is encouraged on this matter.
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COMMITTEE ON STEM CELLS AND THE FUTURE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES AND BOARD ON NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine.
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