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The Issue of HUMAN CLONING:Problems and Solutions
Taro Yamada, Midori Ito, Ichiro SuzukiTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
The Issue of HUMAN CLONING:Problems and Solutions
Taro Yamada, Midori Ito, Ichiro SuzukiTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Cloning= Making a genetically identical copy
3
Snuppy, Korea, 2005
Prometia, Italy, 2003
Dolly, UK, 1996
Next = Human? Have humans already been cloned?
ABC News: April 23, 2009• 11 cloned human embryos• 4 women’s wombs • No pregnancies resulted
Benefit: Sterile Couples?
Benefit: Gay Couples?
Introduction to the Problem
Why Is It Serious? Risks?
Possible Solutions?
Q&A Time
Risk 1: Experimentation
Human babies may be harmed
Risk 1: ExperimentationSnuppy’s case
Hundreds of failed experiments with embryos
→Only Snuppy lived
Risk 2: Perfection
People will aim for the “perfect” baby
Risk 2: Perfection
Risk 3: Mental Harm
People expect clones to be the same
Risk 3: Mental Harm
Introduction to the Problem
Why Is It Serious? Risks?
Possible Solutions?
Q&A Time
Solution 1
Stricter Laws Are Needed in Japan/UN
Japan’s Law on Reproductive Cloning, 2001
“Article 3 (Prohibited acts)No person shall transfer a Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryo,Human-Animal Hybrid Embryo, Human-Animal Clone Embryo or Human-AnimalChimeric Embryo into a human or Animal uterus.”
Japan’s Law on Reproductive Cloning, 2001
“Article 16 (Penal Provisions)A person who has violated the provisions of Article 3 shall be punished byimprisonment with work for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than ten million yen, or both.
Declaration on Human Cloning :2005
(84 vs. 34 vs. 37)
“Member States were called on to adopt all measures necessary to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life.”
Solution
Stricter Law = 20 years or 100 million yen
Thank You!
Q&A