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J Med Ethics 2004;30:524-526 doi:10.1136/jme.2003.004085
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Cell phoney: human cloning after Quintavalle

  1. Derek Morgan1,
  2. Mary Ford2
  1. 1Cardiff Law School, Cardiff, Wales
  2. 2School of Law, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Derek Morgan
 Cardiff Law School, PO Box 427, Cardiff CF10 3XJ, Wales; morgandm1cardiff.ac.uk
  • Received 31 March 2003
  • Accepted 3 April 2003

Abstract

Reproductive cloning has thrown up new scientific possibilities, ethical conundrums, and legal challenges. An initial question, considered by the English courts in 2003, was whether the technique presently available, that of cell nucleus replacement, falls outside the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. If it does, the creation and use, including use in research protocols, of human embryos would be unregulated, disclosing a need to consider remedial legislation. The resolution by the courts of this legal question dramatically engages them in a resolution of fundamental ethical dilemmas, and discloses the possibilities and limitation of negotiating science policy through the processes of litigation.

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