TITLE: Medical Science and Bioethics: Attack of the Clones

CIS-NO: 2003-H401-88  
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: May 15, 2002  
LENGTH: iii+514 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B  
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:B52/7  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29895-9.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-194. Hearing before the Subcom on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources to examine scientific and ethical issues involved in human cloning for reproductive purposes and related human embryo research using cloning techniques.
 
Also considers proposals to prohibit human cloning for reproductive or research purposes, or to allow cloning for research purposes while banning reproductive cloning.
 
Supplementary material (p. 97-514) includes submitted statements, articles, correspondence, and:
   a. Johnson, Judith A. (CRS), "Human Cloning" updated May 2, 2002 (p. 296-307).
   b. Wright, Mary V. (CRS), "Cloning: Chronology of Events, 1997-2002" updated Mar. 7, 2002 (p. 308-319).
   c. Armstrong, Michael J. (Office of the Inspector Gen, HHS), "Review of National Institutes of Health Grants at Advanced Cell Technology, Inc." Apr. 2002 (p. 503-514).

CONTENT-NOTATION: Human cloning and related research, scientific and ethical issues and prohibition proposals

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. HOUSE;  BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; GENETICS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL REGULATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HHS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

03-H401-88 TESTIMONY NO: 1     May 15, 2002 p. 10-55
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   USALA, ANTON-LEWIS (Dr.) (School of Medicine, East Carolina University)
   COWAN, BRYAN (Dr.) (Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center; representing American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
   ZAVOS, PANAYIOTIS (Director, Andrology Institute)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Perspectives on alternatives to cloning and other cloning-related issues; differing views on proposals to ban human embryo research using cloning and/or reproductive cloning (related articles, p. 26-34).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Human cloning and related research, scientific and ethical issues and prohibition proposals
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ANDROLOGY INSTITUTE
 
 
03-H401-88 TESTIMONY NO: 2     May 15, 2002 p. 55-96
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   KELLY, JAMES (patient advocate)
   HOWARD, ELIZABETH (mother of Rett Syndrome patient; representing Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research)
   NORSIGIAN, JUDY (Executive Director, Boston Women's Health Book Collective)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Arguments against permitting human embryo research using cloning; differing views on the need for human cloning research; elaboration on ethical and other issues involved in human cloning research.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Human cloning and related research, scientific and ethical issues and prohibition proposals
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   COALITION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

LOAD-DATE: August 29, 2003