DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2003
General

Human Cloning

Background
• Brigitte Boisselier, CEO of Clonaid, announced on December 27 that the first cloned human was born on December 26
• The child, nicknamed Eve, was cloned from the skin cells of her 31-year-old American mother
• Michael Guillen of ABC News will lead a team of independent experts to investigate
News Stories
• Group Claims First Cloned Human Born (CNN)
  • News story includes information on how cloning is done
  • Background on the Raelian movement, which believes human life came from cloned extraterrestrials
• First Cloned Baby? (ABC)
  • Story focuses on the politics of human cloning
• Rael: No DNA Test for Baby Eve (CNN)
  • Rael, head of the religious sect to which Clonaid is affiliated, announced on Jan. 2 that there would be no test of baby Eve
  • Claims a judge has ruled the child should be taken away from mother
  • According to CNN, no Florida judge has made such a ruling
Clonaid
• Web site was temporarily unavailable on December 27
Raelian Religion
• Web site very busy on December 27, 2002
• Raelian Religion (Apologetics Index)
  • Christian description of the religion as a cult
  • Extensive news articles
Advanced Cell Technology's Human Clone
• Advanced Cell Technology
  • Created a six-cell embryo (before it died) using a blank egg and DNA from the skin of Dr. Judson Somerville
  • Description of its human regenerative and animal cloning projects
  • Testimony before Congress
  • Press Release Announcing Human Embryo Clone (November 25, 2001)
• Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in Humans
  • Article about ACT's project appearing in the Journal of Regenerative Medicine, November 26, 2001
  • PDF format
• Firm Said It Created Human Embryo Through Cloning (CNN)
  • News story on November 25, 2001
  • Reports Advanced Cell Technology's human embryo, which developed to six cells
  • Discussed previous legislation
Cloned Human Beings (National Bioethics Advisory Commission)
• Report written in 1997 addresses the scientific, religious and ethical considerations to human cloning
• Includes commissioned papers
Global Change
• Web site supporting human cloning as the wave of the future
• News of cloning projects
• Videos on ethics and how to clone
Human Cloning Ban (Legislation)
• H.R. 2505
  • Introduced by Rep. Dave Weldon
  • Link includes bill text, discussion in Congressional Record, and House Report 107-70
  • Passed by a Roll Call Vote, 265-162 on July 31, 2001
  • EDITORIAL NOTE: The ban on human cloning was stalled in the Senate and did not pass the 107th Congress, meaning Clonaid's work in the United States was legal
Medical Research Guide (Public Agenda)
• Graphs, lobby groups, and public opinion on various medical research issues
• Covers cloning, stem cell research, cancer, funding, and patents

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Centers for Disease Control
• Symptoms of atypical pneumonia
• Alerts to health care professionals for spotting and reporting disease
• Recommendations to airlines
• Travel advisories for Canada, China, and Southeast Asia
World Health Organization
• Update of March 16, 2003
• Details of cases discovered
• Links to travel advisories and directions for hospitals

U.S.S. Liberty

U.S.S. Liberty Documents
• Israel attacked the American ship, U.S.S. Liberty on June 8, 1967
• Web site includes audio tables (in Hebrew) and English translation of Israeli communications
• Also includes follow-up reports and reports by cryptologists
• Conclusion: the shootdown was caused by the "fog of war" although the subject remains controversial outside the federal government
• Tapes were released July 2003

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
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