Illegal Beings
Subtitle: Human Clones and the Law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521853286
Subjects: Law; Medical ethics; Medicolegal issues; Medical Law & Legislation; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; Research; Law / Health; Human reproductive technology; General; Human cloning; Law and legislation; United States
Description: "This book explains that the most common objections to cloning are false or exaggerated. The objections reflect and inspire unjustified stereotypes about human clones. Anti-cloning laws reinforce these stereotypes and stigmatize human clones as subhuman and unworthy of existence. This injures not only human clones but also the egalitarianism upon which our society is based. Applying the same reasoning used to invalidate racial segregation, this book argues that anti-cloning laws violate the equal protection guarantee and are unconstitutional."--Jacket.