You are a lawyer sometime in the near future. You have a client who is dying of liver failure and has enlisted the help of his huge financial empire to try to extend his life. Conventional physicians have given him 2 years to live in his current condition. His researchers have dug deep into the archives of the "Nazi Doctor," Dr. Joseph Mengele, specifically his work with twins and cloning. The head researcher for this "Billionaire," is now convinced that he can clone your client and and accelerate the clone's growth rate. He has duplicated this work in several 3rd world countries. In simple terms, the clone can reach a level of maturity of a 6 year old within a year. The plan is to then harvest the liver and euthanize the clone. Are there currently any legal grounds to support or oppose this action. What are the ethical ramifications? The lawyer for the "Billionaire" is also prepared to argue that if the US Government could ethically and legally enlist the help of Nazi SS Officer Wernher von Braun and German Luftwaffe Medical Researcher, Hubertus Strughold to create the space program, that his client has the right to do the same sort of thing to prolong is own life.
1. Our legal framework doesn't or protect the cloning technology.
2. But therapeutic cloning are supported to generate tissues and organs for the treatment of patients.
3.The idea of creating a human embryo and culturing it is morally reprehensible for some people.
4. Hence this technique is still a problem in legislatures across the world.
You are a lawyer sometime in the near future. You have a client who is dying...