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Bonnicksen has successfully written a novel synthesis and analysis of an emerging societal debate that addresses the unique moral, legal, and social issues of that debate. -- Medical Humanities Review [A] highly readable, detailed, well researched, and well organized treatment of the cloning debate in the United States and abroad... For those who have not followed the cloning debate in detail, and who wish to understand the options and legal pitfalls before us, Crafting a Cloning Policy is a marvelously detailed and readable chronicle. For those who wish to become active in the debate, it is essential reading on the basics of the history and parameters of the controversy, which could help readers to better appreciate the full flavor of the political motivations that lie beneath the public statements. -- Nature Genetics Crafting a Cloning Policy makes a major contribution to the understanding of the philosophical dilemmas raised by the intersection of science and public policy... This book is perhaps the most comprehensive discussion available of U.S. efforts to develop a cloning policy. It provides a sophisticated synthesis of the scientific and public policy dilemmas created by a technology that races ahead of government action. While the book is important reading for academics and the general public, it should be mandatory reading for policymakers[.] -- Perspectives on Politics

Bonnicksen has successfully written a novel synthesis and analysis of an emerging societal debate that addresses the unique moral, legal, and social issues of that debate. -- Medical Humanities Review [A] highly readable, detailed, well researched, and well organized treatment of the cloning debate in the United States and abroad... For those who have not followed the cloning debate in detail, and who wish to understand the options and legal pitfalls before us, Crafting a Cloning Policy is a marvelously detailed and readable chronicle. For those who wish to become active in the debate, it is essential reading on the basics of the history and parameters of the controversy, which could help readers to better appreciate the full flavor of the political motivations that lie beneath the public statements. -- Nature Genetics Crafting a Cloning Policy makes a major contribution to the understanding of the philosophical dilemmas raised by the intersection of science and public policy... This book is perhaps the most comprehensive discussion available of U.S. efforts to develop a cloning policy. It provides a sophisticated synthesis of the scientific and public policy dilemmas created by a technology that races ahead of government action. While the book is important reading for academics and the general public, it should be mandatory reading for policymakers[.] -- Perspectives on Politics

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Andrea L. Bonnicksen is professor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She is the author of two books, including In Vitro Fertilization: Building Policy from Laboratories to Legislatures, and co-editor with Robert Blank of three books, including Setting Allocation Priorities: Genetic and Reproductive Technologies.

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