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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

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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!

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