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AAAS Policy Brief: Human Cloning

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Federal Government Resources
International and State Government Resources
Congressional Hearings, Legislation, and Statements
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
National Academy of Sciences Reports
Other Background Resources
Resources on Ethics
Groups Opposed to Nuclear Transplantation Research ("Research Cloning")
Groups Supporting a Moratorium on Nuclear Transplantation Research
Groups Supporting Nuclear Transplantation Research

Federal Government Resources

• Bush Administration's Perspective on Cloning (January 2007, updated April 2007)
  
• Bush Welcomes U.N. Vote Against Cloning (March 2005)
  
• Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry, President's Council on Bioethics report (July 2002)
• Cloning Human Beings, National Bioethics Advisory Commission report (June 1997)
• Food and Drug Administration statement
• Human Genome Project fact sheet
• NIH guidelines

International and State Government Resources

• Database of Global Policies on Human Cloning and Germ-line Engineering compiled by Global Lawyers and Physicians
• U.N. Declaration on Human Cloning
• Listing of state human cloning laws from the National Conference of State Legislatures
  

Congressional Hearings, Legislation, and Statements

• Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)[S.812.IS]
• Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)[S.1036.IS]
• Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)[H.R.322.IH]
• Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy Enhancement Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)[S.51.IS]
• Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate)[S.5.ES]
  
• Senator Orrin Hatch's statement on human cloning (July 23, 2006)
• Senator Brownback's statement on Bioethics Council recommendations (July 2002)

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

• CRS Report: Human Cloning (February 2002)
  
• CRS Report: State Laws on Human Cloning (May 2003)
  
• CRS Report: Cloning: A Select Chronology, 1997-2003 (August 2003)
  

National Academy of Sciences Reports

• 2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2007)
• Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning (January 18, 2002)
  • Glossary of Cloning Terms
• Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine (September 11, 2001)

Other Background Resources

• Cloning: A Policy Analysis - Genetics and Public Policy Center
• Washington Post cloning page
• New York Times cloning page
• MSNBC Health Library: Cloning
  • "Beyond Dolly: The Human Cloning Dilemma"
• New Scientist Special Report: Cloning and Stem Cells
• Reason Magazine's cloning and stem cell resources
• ReligousTolerance.org cloning page
• Cloning primer from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
• Roslin Institute's cloning page (creator of Dolly)

Resources on Ethics

• Cloning Adam's Rib: A Primer on Religious Responses to Cloning from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (March 2002; pdf)
  
• Political Communication in the 2007 Stem Cell Debate: Framing messages and Defining Public Opinion (January 5, 2007)
• National Academies of Science: Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2005)
• The President's Council on Bioethics: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (2002)
• International Society for Stem Cell Research: Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2006)
• Consensus Statement of The Hinxton Group (2006)
  

Groups Opposed to Nuclear Transplantation Research ("Research Cloning")

• Americans to Ban Cloning
• Family Research Council
• National Right to Life Committee
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• International Center for Technology Assessment

Groups Supporting a Moratorium on Nuclear Transplantation Research

• Boston Women's Health Book Collective
• Center for Genetics and Society
  • Policies on Cloning Adopted by Other Countries
• Friends of the Earth

Groups Supporting Nuclear Transplantation Research

• Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research
• American Society for Cell Biology
  • Statement by 40 Nobel Laureates Regarding Cloning
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Association of American Universities
• CuresNow
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
  • Human cloning FAQ
• Biotechnology Industry Organization
• The Franklin Society
• Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America

Updated June 6, 2007