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THERE IS a disturbing lack of attention to the risks to women's health posed by the advent of embryo cloning. Media coverage continues to convey the idea that the only ethical debate is over the issue of destroying embryos and that the primary voices in this debate are the antiabortion advocates (who usually oppose all embryo stem cell research) and those who endorse all types of stem cell research, including embryo cloning. When women's health advocates are mentioned, their positions are usually misstated.
In fact, women's health advocates like us do support most embryo stem cell research and also support the use of otherwise-discarded embryos from fertilization clinics. However, we have deep reservations about the embryo stem cell research that involves somatic cell nuclear transfer. Also referred to as embryo cloning, research cloning, or ''therapeutic" cloning, this type of research is specifically called for in the recent legislation introduced in Massachusetts.
Omitted from the polarized debate is any discussion of the thousands of women who will need to undergo egg extraction procedures for such embryo cloning. A primary concern is...
In fact, women's health advocates like us do support most embryo stem cell research and also support the use of otherwise-discarded embryos from fertilization clinics. However, we have deep reservations about the embryo stem cell research that involves somatic cell nuclear transfer. Also referred to as embryo cloning, research cloning, or ''therapeutic" cloning, this type of research is specifically called for in the recent legislation introduced in Massachusetts.
Omitted from the polarized debate is any discussion of the thousands of women who will need to undergo egg extraction procedures for such embryo cloning. A primary concern is...
