Macintosh, Kerry Lynn.

Illegal beings : human clones and the law / Kerry Lynn Macintosh. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xiii, 272 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-265) and index.

Does human reproductive cloning offend God and nature? -- Should children be begotten and not made? -- Do human clones lack individuality? -- Could human clones destroy humanity? -- Does human reproductive cloning harm participants and produce children with birth defects? -- What anticloning laws say and do -- Five objections have inspired anticloning laws -- Anticloning laws reflect a policy of existential segregation -- Costs of anticloning laws outweigh their benefits -- Anticloning laws classify human clones and are subject to strict scrutiny -- Anticloning laws inflict judicially cognizable injuries that confer standing -- Anticloning laws violate the equal protection guarantee.

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Human cloning--Law and legislation--United States.
Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation--United States.
Human cloning--Research--Law and legislation.
Human cloning--Moral and ethical aspects.
Klonen.
Voortplanting (biologie)
Mensen.
Wetten.
Ethische aspecten.
Clonage humain--Droit--�Etats-Unis.
Procr�eation m�edicalement assist�ee--Droit--�Etats-Unis.
Clonage humain--Recherche--Droit.
Clonage humain--Aspect moral.

KF 3831 / .M33 2005