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17 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 569 (2003-2004)
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handle is hein.journals/hjlt17 and id is 575 raw text is: Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Volume 17, Number 2 Spring 2004 THE NAKED CLONE: How CLONING BANS THREATEN OUR PERSONAL RIGHTS BY JOHN CHARLES KUNICH WESTPORT, CT: PRAEGER PUBLISHERS, 2003 Pp. 172. $39.95 (HARDCOVER). ISBN: 0-275-97964-4 Vicki Chou* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. O VERVIEW ..................................................................................... 569 II. CLONING BACKGROUND .............................................................. 572 III. CLONING LAW IN THE UNITED STATES ...................................... 575 IV. INTERNATIONAL CLONING LAW ................................................. 576 V. CLONING AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT ....................................... 577 VI. OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR CLONING ............. 578 V II. C ONCLUSION ............................................................................. 581 1. OVERVIEW The specter of cloning, first given corporeal form in the infamous figure of Dolly the lamb, has been the progenitor of cults, pseudo- science horror scenarios, and heated political debates that have stirred the emotions and inspired the imagination. In recent months, the re- ported creation by Korean scientists of the first cloned human em- bryos' as well as the dismissal of two open supporters of embryo research from the President's Council on Bioethics2 have ensured that * J.D. 2006 (expected), Harvard Law School. I. See Tim Radford, Korean Scientists Clone 30 Human Embryos, 328 BMJ 421 (2004), available at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/328f7437/421. 2. Elizabeth Blackburn and Janet Rowley were dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics on February 27, 2004, sparking allegations that President George W. Bush was trying to stack the Council with opponents of embryo research. See Rick Weiss, Bush Ejects Two From Bioethics Council, WASH. POST, Feb. 28, 2004, at A6. The two had recently written and submitted for publication a critique exposing the bias of two reports released by the council, including Monitoring Stem Cell Research. The critical essay was published in PLoS Biology. See Elizabeth Blackburn & Janet Rowley, Reason as Our Guide, PLOS BIoLoGy, Apr. 2004, at 1, at http://www.plosbiology.orglarchivel1545-7885/214/pdfl 10.1371.journal.pbio.0020116-p-L.pdf; see also Gareth Cook, President's Panel Skewed Facts, 2 Scientists Say, BOSTON GLOBE, Mar. 6, 2004, at Al.

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