Crafting a Cloning Policy: From Dolly to Stem Cells.

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Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002; 800-537-5487; 410-516-6998 (fax).

Ever since the cloning success of Dolly, the Scottish lamb, followed swiftly by other animal cloning experiments, the merits and demerits of human cloning have been debated. Legislators rushed to propose a ban on a technique that remains hypothetical, although some independent researchers have announced their determination to pursue the possibilities.

The author, a political scientist and expert on reproductive issues, examines the political reaction to this embryonic science and the efforts to construct a cloning policy. She also looks at issues that relate to stem cell research, cloning's only slightly less controversial twin, and poses a key question: how does the response to Dolly guide us as we manage innovative reproductive technologies in the...