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Clones, Genes, and Reproductive Autonomy: The Ethics of Human Cloning

The recent announcement of a birth in the press has caused a sensation probably unparalleled for two millennia and has highlighted the impact of the genetic revolution on our lives and personal choices. More importantly perhaps, it raises questions about the legitimacy of the sorts of control individuals and society purport to exercise over something which, while it must sound portentous, is nothing less than human destiny. This birth, that of “Dolly” the cloned sheep, is also illustrative of the responsibilities of science and scientists to the communities in which they live and in which they serve, and of the public anxiety that sensational scientific achievements sometimes provoke.