In his 2006 State of the Union speech, President George W. Bush
asked the U.S. Congress to prohibit the "most egregious abuses of
medical research," such as the "creation of animal--human hybrids."
The president's message echoed that of a 2004 report by the
President's Council on Bioethics, which recommended that hybrid
human--animal embryos be banned by Congress.
Discussions of early interspecies research, in which cells or
DNA are interchanged between humans and nonhumans at early stages
of development, can often devolve into sweeping statements,
colorful imagery, and confusing policy. Although today's policy
advisory groups are becoming more informed, debate is still limited
by the interchangeable use of terms such as chimeras and hybrids, a
tendency to treat all forms of interspecies alike, the failure to
distinguish between laboratory research and procreation, and not
enough serious policy justification. Andrea Bonnicksen seeks to
understand reasons behind support of and disdain for interspecies
research in such areas as chimerism, hybridization, interspecies
nuclear transfer, cross-species embryo transfer, and transgenics.
She highlights two claims critics make against early interspecies
studies: that the research will violate human dignity and that it
can lead to procreation. Are these claims sufficient to justify
restrictive policy?
Bonnicksen carefully illustrates the challenges of making policy
for sensitive and often sensationalized research -- research that
touches deep-seated values and that probes the boundary between
human and nonhuman animals.
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