[Cloning and the ethical problems it poses]
(1999) Revue théologique de Louvain — Vol. 30, n° 4, p. 437-455 (1999)
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- The birth of a cloned ewe in a Scottish laboratory in 1997 has brought the question of human cloning to the forefront. Having become technically likely, its possibility called for rigorous ethical discernment: with a certain unanimity, national and international authorities pronounced themselves negatively by condemning a reproductive practice which seemed to them contrary to the human dignity recognized in the human person. Recent developments in biological research have started the debate up again. Cloning can concern not only an organism, but also a gene or a molecule and can thus lend itself not only to a reproductive perspective, but also to a therapeutic one. Researchers are already working in genetics and oncology, for example, with the aim of producing tissues capable of treating cancer, neurovegetative illnesses, leukemia or diabetes, or providing skin grafts for third-degree burns. The initial stances taken appear today to have been too hasty and are partly obsolete. Bioethics committees owe it to themselves to recommence the discussion and balance their opinions. The Belgian consultative commission has already worked on the question.
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Bone, E. (1999). [Cloning and the ethical problems it poses]. Revue théologique de Louvain, 30(4), 437-455. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/65110 (Original work published 1999)