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Friday April 3 ‹ Saturday April 4 1998. Sponsored by the <a href="www.usfca.edu">University
of San Francisco</A> College of Arts and Sciences and the Fleishhacker Chair
in Philosophy. All sessions are free and open to the public.
On June 7, 1997, the National Bioethics, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission
issued its recommendations regarding human cloning. It recommended that a ban be
placed on all efforts to create a child through cloning or "somatic cell nuclear
transfer," urged that the current moratorium on federal funding of human cloning
research be continued, and requested that private agencies also refrain at this time
from such work. At the same time, it recommended that this issue be reexamined after
a 3-5 year period of study and reflection.
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In light of the need for public conversation on these topics, the College of Arts and
Sciences at the University of San Fransciso and the Fleishhacker endowment is sponsoring
this conference on "Human Cloning: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy." The conference
is open to the university community and the general public. It features renowned authorities
who will explain the history and science of cloning, debate the ethical issues, and discuss
significant aspects of public policy related to the topic. The aim is to increase
understanding and awareness of the issues.
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