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Doctor Claims Woman 8 weeks Pregnant With Human CloneChicago, Illinois -
April 4, 2002 - According to a story in the April 3, 2002
issue of Gulf News, the leading English-language newspaper of the
United Arab Emirates, Dr. Severino Antinori reportedly has claimed
that a woman participating in his human cloning research is now
eight weeks pregnant, presumably with a human clone. Antinori, a physician and the director of an infertility program at the International Centre for the Study of Physiopathology of Human Reproduction in Rome, gained worldwide notoriety last year when he announced his intention to produce the world's first human clone. If Antinori's claim is true, it is a case of renegade science pursued at the risk of the life and health of women and children. "With reportedly more than 97% of animal clones dying before or shortly after birth, and most of the surviving clones suffering horrible deformities, it is unconscionable that someone would attempt human cloning," said C. Ben Mitchell, Senior Fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. "The bodily risk to mother and child is just too great." John Kilner, President of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity agreed saying, "As the animal cloning experiments have demonstrated, the creation of a single 'successful' clone is usually preceded (as well as likely followed) by numerous failed attempts resulting in embryonic or fetal death. Furthermore, some of the surviving cloned organisms have suffered illnesses believed to be cloning-related and/or have succumbed to premature death. To experiment in ways bound to create atrocities in order to be first is immoral." For interviews with Center personnel, contact Daniel McConchie at 847-317-8180 or by email at dmcconchie@cbhd.org. About The Center for Bioethics and Human DignityThe Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity is a 501(c) 3 non-profit think tank located in Chicago, Illinois. Its mission is to develop reasoned perspectives on all of today's bioethical issues and to disseminate them to health care professionals, academia, cultural and church leaders, public policy makers, and the media in order to protect human dignity. CBHD |
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Copyright 2002 by The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity The contents of this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CBHD, its staff, board or supporters. Permission to reprint granted as long as The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and the web address for this article is referenced. |
