Editing Clonaid (section)

{{short description|Human cloning organization}}
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{{Infobox company
 | name             = Clonaid
 | predecessor      = Valiant Venture Ltd.
 | logo             =File:Clonaidlogo.jpeg
 | type             = [[Private company|Private]]
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 | foundation       = [[Bahamas]] (1997)<ref name=MH20181230>{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article223736790.html|title=The day a cult that believes in space aliens announced a cloned human baby in Florida|date=December 30, 2018|newspaper=The Miami Herald}}</ref>
 | founder          = [[Claude Vorilhon|Raël]]
 | location_city    = Riverside California 
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 | key_people       = [[Brigitte Boisselier]], Thomas Kaenzig
 | industry         = Biotechnology
 | products         = RMX568, RMX2010
 | services         = CLONAID, INSURACLONE, OVULAID, CLONAPET
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 | subsid           = BioFusion Tech Inc.
 | homepage         = {{url|clonaid.com}}
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'''Clonaid''' is an American-based  [[human cloning]] organization, registered as a company in [[the Bahamas]]. Founded in 1997, it has philosophical ties with the [[UFO religion]] [[Raëlism]],<ref name=MH20181230 /> which sees cloning as the first step in achieving [[immortality]]. On December 27, 2002, Clonaid's chief executive, [[Brigitte Boisselier]], claimed that a baby clone, named Eve, was born. Media coverage of the claim sparked serious criticism and ethical debate that lasted more than a year. Florida attorney [[Bernard Siegel (attorney)|Bernard Siegel]] tried to appoint a special guardian for Eve and threatened to sue Clonaid, because he was afraid that the child might be treated like a lab rat.<ref name="Clone Newcomer Bends U.N.'s Ear">[https://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2004/06/63636 Clone Newcomer Bends U.N.'s Ear], ''[[Wired News]]''. Retrieved September 11, 2007.</ref>  Siegel, who heard the company's actual name was not Clonaid, decided that the Clonaid project was a sham.<ref name="Clonaid Nothing But Double Talk?">[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clonaid-nothing-but-double-talk/ Clonaid Nothing But Double Talk?], ''[[CBS News]]''. June 2, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref> Bioethicist Clara Alto condemned Clonaid for premature human experimentation and noted the high incidence of malformations and thousands of fetal deaths in animal cloning.<ref name="CNN.com - Clonaid: Baby 'clone' returns home - Jan. 1, 2003"/>