The statement says the group wasn't able to agree on what, if any, applications might justify editing human embryos, sperm, or
eggs for reproductive purposes.
At least one additional member (Charles Krauthammer), though opposed to the deliberate creation by cloning of embryos for research in which they would be destroyed, supported the revocation of President Bush's funding restrictions on the use of embryos that had been produced by in vitro
fertilization for reproductive purposes, but were left unused in cryopreservation units in assisted reproduction facilities.
Similarly, when one examines the treatment of slaves encouraged by the biblical writers, it is decidedly more generous than that of other cultures... although the categorization of slaves as property, the use of
slaves for reproductive purposes, and leniency regarding beatings, remains troubling, or «needing further movement,» according to Webb.
ACT's announcement stoked fears that scientists were trying to clone
humans for reproductive purposes — and conflated reproductive cloning and human - embryonic - stem - cell research in many people's minds.
Pollens are tiny, egg - shaped powdery grains released from flowering plants, which are carried by the wind or insects and serve to cross-pollinate other plants of the same
type for reproductive purposes.
Sperm and egg from skin cells eventually might be
used for reproductive purposes, enabling parenthood at any age using tissue from either the living or dead.
The term «cloning» means the asexual reproduction of identical copies of an original, and it is human cloning (and to a lesser extent animal cloning)
for reproductive purposes that causes considerable public disquiet.
Thus, in the past five years, much of the scientific and ethical debate about somatic cell nuclear transfer has focused on its two potential applications: 1)
for reproductive purposes, i.e., to produce a child, or 2) for producing a source of ES cells for research.