This paper examines the current Australian regulatory response to human reproductive cloning. The central consideration is the capacity of the current regulatory regime to effectively deter human cloning efforts. A legislative prohibition on human cloning must be both effective and clear enough to allow researchers to know what practices are acceptable. This paper asks whether the current Australian regime evinces these qualities and suggests that Australia should follow the example set in the UK by the enactment of the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001.
History
Publication title
Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume
29
Pagination
1-7
ISSN
0306-6800
Department/School
Faculty of Law
Publisher
B M J Publishing Group
Place of publication
British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London, England, Wc1H 9Jr