{"product_id":"9781410224439","title":"Issues Raised By Human Cloning Research","description":"Nearly 80 years ago, Aldous Huxley wrote his literary masterpiece Brave New World.  In that book he posited a future where genetic engineering is commonplace and human beings, aided by cloning, are mass produced.  Controllers and predestinators replaced mothers and fathers.  The words themselves considered smut.\u003cbr\u003e      As the new authors of human life in an uncompromising search for human happiness and stability, the possibility of human individuality had been entirely jettisoned.  For most of its 80 years, Brave New World could be seen as a disturbing work of science fiction.  That is no longer the case.  The possible cloning of human beings is now relegated to the world -- not relegated to the world of fiction.  The question we must now ask is this: what should we do with this science?\u003cbr\u003e   Several scientists claim that they are poised to take the fateful next step and actually produce a human clone.  We in this subcommittee will focus not only on the scientific, but on the moral and ethical questions raised by the astonishing possibility that an exact copy of a human being might be cloned in the near future.\u003cbr\u003e        Although federally funded human cloning research is prohibited, such privately funded research is not.  In fact, no definitive Federal statute governs privately funded human cloning experiments.  Experimentation in science has outpaced the law on the underlying issues raised by human cloning.\u003cbr\u003e       The FDA has asserted that it has jurisdiction over human cloning, based on the Public Health Service Act and the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.  Is this a sufficient safeguard?\u003cbr\u003e      Although there is no Federal ban on human cloning, a number of states, 26 other countries andNations have seen the need to enact some form of ban on human cloning.  But to craft a meaningful and reasonable statute that is both sound in its science\u003cbr\u003eand consistent with human dignity, the Congress needs to ask the hard questions posed by human cloning research.\u003cbr\u003e      This committee has a responsibility to ask these difficult questions because we are dealing with the most profound of human responsibilities, the future of our species.  The witnesses we have assembled represent a broad cross section of opinions and expertise on these complex issues.  We will hear from experts in animal cloning research and bioethics, the FDA\u003cbr\u003eand the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, among others.\u003cbr\u003e  We will also hear from controversial witnesses.  We hope to learn from their testimony whether the projects they envision are credible scientifically.\u003cbr\u003e      Other esteemed bodies can hold meetings and write reports and issue voluntary guidelines, but only the Congress can write the laws for our nation.  ","brand":"University Press of the Pacific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49821186064624,"sku":"9781410224439","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410224439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}