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Many people think human reproductive cloning
should be a crime. Some states already have outlawed cloning
and Congress is working to enact a national ban. Meanwhile,
scientific research continues here and abroad. Soon reproductive
cloning may become possible. If that happens, cloning cannot
be stopped. Infertile couples and others will choose to
have babies through cloning, even if they have to break
the law. This book explains that the most common objections
to cloning are false or exaggerated. The objections reflect
and inspire unjustified stereotypes about human clones.
Anti-cloning laws reinforce these stereotypes and stigmatize
human clones as subhuman and unworthy of existence. This
injures not only human clones but also the egalitarianism
upon which our society is based. Applying the same reasoning
used to invalidate racial segregation, this book argues
that anti-cloning laws violate the equal protection guarantee
and are unconstitutional.
Kerry Lynn Macintosh is a member of the
law and technology faculty at Santa Clara University School
of Law. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and her
J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she was elected to
the Order of the Coif. She has published papers and articles
in the field of law and technology in journals such as Harvard
Journal of Law & Technology, Boston University
Journal of Science & Technology Law, and Berkeley
Technology Law Journal.
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