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The Ethical Dilemma (2015)
Fact sheet of Ethics and Law in Australia
Ethical Concerns (2014)
Embryonic Stem Cells (2015)
Megan Best - Stem Cells - What is the big deal? - Centre for Public Christianity
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Striking the balance in laws for stem cell research (2011) - Australian Law
Some thoughts of different religious and non-religious private groups on the morality of human cloning are presented here. Aside from the Roman Catholic Church which has a centralized authority, the perspectives within a single religious group are offered by different theologians and can vary.
- Church of Scotland, Science, Religion and Technology Project, Cloning and Stem Cells Website
"The Society, Religion and Technology Project was begun by the Church of Scotland in 1970, to address wider issues being raised by modern technology." This group seeks balanced consideration of the ethical implications raised by new scientific findings, it informs the church of developments, and contributes to governmental ethical debates. The Cloning and Stem Cells Home Page addresses the ethics and morality of cloning humans and animals and is the best and most extensive Web site exploring cloning from a religious perspective.
- The Roman Catholic Church
Several statement have been made by the Roman Catholic church condemming any attempt to clone humans. The Pontifical Academy for Life, founded by Pope John Paul II, issued this reflections on cloning and AmericanCatholic.org has a page on Cloning and Catholic Ethics.
Regarding the Instruction - Dignitas Personae
- Some Jewish Perspectives on Cloning:
- Cloning by Rabbi Shraga Simmons from the aish.com Web site
- The Ethics of Cloning by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D. from The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
- Cloning People and Jewish Law: A Preliminary Analysis from the Jewish Law Home Page by Rabbi Michael Broyde of Emory University
- Some Islamic Perspectives on Cloning
- Islamic Perspectives on Cloning by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, University of Virginia.
- Islamic View on Cloning Recommendations of the 9th Fiqh-Medical Seminar