CRG's Position on Cloning
The CRG strongly opposes human reproductive cloning. We recognize the importance of research in early development, and support vigorous international discussions on the ethical and regulatory concerns that
such research should respect.
This statement supercedes all prior CRG statements on cloning. Approved by the CRG Board in May 2004
Background Materials
Stem Cell Primer (PDF)
Stem Cell Myths(PDF)
What Your Mother Never Told You About Stem Cells (PDF)
Cloning Statement
Germline Manipulation Position Paper
History of Cloning Timeline 1938 - 1999
Articles
GeneWatch Special Issue on Cloning
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Parental Preferences: Beyond Deadly Disease by Susannah Baruch, JD, Houston Journal of Law and Policy, 2009
Eggs for Sale by Judy Norsigian, GeneWatch, October 2009
Egg Donation Dangers by Judy Norsigian, GeneWatch, 2005
The Year of the Stem Cell: George Annas Talks About the Future of Stem Cell Research in America by Sujatha Byravan, GeneWatch, 2005
Yuppie Eugenics by Ruth Hubbard and Stuart Newman, Z Magazine, March 2002
Embryo Stem Cells and Biobusiness at 20 by Stuart Newman, GeneWatch, November 2001
Human Cloning: Brave New Mistake by Sophia Kolehmainen, JD, Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 27 No.3
Don't Try to Engineer Human Embryos by Stuart Newman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 25 July 2000
"The Hazards of Human Developmental Gene Modification" by Stuart Newman, GeneWatch, July 2000
"Genetic Technologies Troubling" by Paul Billings, The Times Union, 16 March 1999
CRG in the Press
"Gene Therapy Has Encountered Many Unexpected Obstacles," by David Lore, Columbus Dispatch
"US Panel Recommends Reopening Gene Therapy Trials," AFX
"Gene Trial Advised: Despite Illness, Panel Proposes Work Continue Because of Results in Other Cases," by Alice Dembner, Boston Globe
Legislative Materials
The Cloning Landscape: A Look at Pending Legislation
Comments to the Food and Drug Administration, Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, October 2002
Resources
Our Bodies, Our Selves
Foundation on Economic Trends
Center for Genetics and Society