Presidential panel advocates ban on cloning - for now
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The possibility of cloning a human being has been determined unacceptable on moral grounds and warrants banning, according to a report issued in June 1997 by President Clinton's advisory panel. The panel aims to ban funding for research using the cloning procedure beyond scientific study on the grounds that use of such technology poses serious ethical concerns and could threaten society as a whole. While the ban would prevent use of cloning technology to create a cloned human individual, scientific research on the subject would be allowed. The panel supports a reevaluation of legislation in the near future.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1997
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Oregon hears call for better suicide aid data
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Critics of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law are demanding that more information on the practice be made public to satisfy accountability concerns. Some of the data requested includes patient race, gender and age, reasons for choosing suicide, and the lethal medications prescribed. Physicians are cautious about providing data due to confidentiality conflicts.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 1998
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