Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Who Should Decide Where to Draw the Line

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

New England Law Review

Abstract

People hold a variety of opinions concerning where to draw the line on using human embryos for purposes of stem cell research and human cloning. Rather than commenting directly on the appeal of any particular opinion, I would like to focus on perhaps a more preliminary question: Who should make the decision about where the line should be drawn? As noted by Regine Kollek, most relevant to that issue is: "[H]ow do we want to live? As individuals, as [pockets of] societ[ies, or] as [a] global communit[y]?"

First Page

635

Last Page

646

Publication Date

2004

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