Cloning and Infertility

Cloning for a Cure: How “Embryo Splitting”
Could Effectively Treat Infertility
Jane and Adam*, a recently married couple in their mid-thirties, are living the American dream. Both Jane and Adam have high paying professional careers and live in an upscale suburb of Pleasantville, USA. But, both Jane and Adam feel that something is missing, that somehow their life together is not complete. Jane and Adam realize that they have all this happiness and no one to share it with. After much consideration, Jane and Adam decide it is time to start a family. After many unsuccessful attempts at getting pregnant, Jane goes to her doctor and discovers that her body is unable to produce a sufficient number of viable eggs on its own. In a situation like this, fertility drugs and in vetro fertilization can only solve part of the problem. By current standards, Jane and Adam’s dream cannot be realized because, like one in every 12 couples in this nation, they suffer from an incurable f...