[Cloning: necessary reflections on the imaginary].
The article covers the innumerable reasons given for using cloning for therapeutic and reproductive purposes. The most commonly used argument in favour of the procedure has been that of preserving human dignity, which would include the wide exercising of personal autonomy without restrictions of an ethical nature. This view is countered by questions relating to the use of the technique, namely self-determination and the loss of the integrity of the species, which would include the transformation of a generation through the production of human beings and tissues. It must also be made clear that therapeutic cloning (which is carried out through the use of stem cells) is not yet a reality in the scientific world, with the result that the procedure that is supposedly necessary, which argues in favour of the destruction of the young embryo is misleading, as are also certain discourses used to refer to the theme and the science. Criminal law, on prohibiting this practice is anticipating it becoming a reality, protecting legal rights that affect supra-individual interests, such as the destruction of the young embryo, one of the issues of concern to ADIN (Acción Directa de Inconstitucionalidad en Brasil - Direct Action on Unconstitutionality in Brazil) 3510-0.
Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Federal de Bahía, Salvador de Bahía, Brasil.
María Auxiliadora
MA
Minahim
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000941:ethics; D001938:Brazil; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000379:methods