TITLE: Human Cloning: Must We Sacrifice Medical Research in the Name of a Total Ban

CIS-NO: 2003-S521-5  
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-812  
DATE: Feb. 5, 2002  
LENGTH: iii+97 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1042-A; 1042-B  
SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.107-812  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29319-1.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. J-107-55. Hearing to examine various proposals to prohibit or regulate human cloning and related human embryonic research, in light of ethical concerns. Assesses the potential impact of proposed cloning restrictions on biotechnology and anticipated therapeutic applications.
 
Supplementary material (p. 65-97) includes witnesses' written replies to Committee questions, articles, correspondence, and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Human cloning and related research prohibitions

DESCRIPTORS:  
    BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GENETICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL REGULATION; CLONING

03-S521-5 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 5, 2002 p. 6-19
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   WELDON, DAVE (Rep, R-Fla)
   GREENWOOD, JAMES C. (Rep, R-Pa)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on proposals to prohibit/restrict human cloning and related research.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Human cloning and related research prohibitions
 
 
03-S521-5 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Feb. 5, 2002 p. 20-75
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   WEISSMAN, IRVING L. (Dr.) (Chair, Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning, National Academies)
   GREELY, HENRY T. (Director, Center for Law and Biosciences, Stanford University)
   CHARO, R. ALTA (Professor, Law and Medical Ethics, University of Wisconsin Law School)
   GULDEN, KRIS (spinal cord injury victim; representing Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research)
   KIMBRELL, ANDREW (Executive Director, International Center for Technology Assessment)
   FITZGERALD, KEVIN (Rev.) (Research Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Arguments for and against human cloning research; delineation of procedures involved in human cloning and stem cell research (related chart, p. 24); elaboration on the ethical and therapeutic implications of human cloning and related research proposals; concerns with the potential cloning of humans, citing possible risks based on animal cloning experiences.
   Differing perspectives on ethical issues involved in consideration of human cloning.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Human cloning and related research prohibitions
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   COALITION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH; VETERINARY MEDICINE; NATIONAL ACADEMIES

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003