Editing Clonaid (section)

==Claims of further human clones==
The day after Boisselier made her announcement, she added that four more human clones were to be born within a few weeks,<ref name="Clonaid Claims of Human Clone Scoffed At By Most Scientist">[https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/smn/date/2002-12-28/segment/03 Clonaid Claims of Human Clone Scoffed At By Most Scientist], ''[[CNN International]]''. December 28, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref> Boisselier claimed that Clonaid had a list of couples who were ready to have a cloned child.<ref name="FDA Probes Sect's Human Cloning"/> and that 20 more implantations of human clones were on the way after the first 10 which happened in the previous year.  She said that other companies have used cloning procedures with different specifics that lead to their high failure rate.  Boisselier argued that failed attempts at human cloning would be like those of ''in vitro'' fertilization where early miscarriages occurred more frequently than abortions.  Nevertheless, she said that if "deformities or abnormalities" were detected in a cloned fetus, the fetus would be aborted.<ref name="CNN.com - Clonaid: Baby 'clone' returns home - Jan. 1, 2003"/>

Raëlian spokesman Bart Overvliet claimed that another cloned baby was born to a Dutch lesbian couple in the Netherlands the previous day and that the mother and baby were in good health.  A Dutch Raëlian spokeswoman could not comment on any further details about the mother, but Boisselier said that the mother gave birth to her own clone.  An official from the Dutch Health Ministry told ''[[Reuters]]'' that the Netherlands forbade human cloning but not the birth of baby clones.<ref name="Dutch lesbian 'has clone baby 2'">[http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/04/human.cloning/index.html Dutch lesbian 'has clone baby 2'], ''[[Cable News Network]]''. January 4, 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2007.</ref>  On January 5, 2003, Brigitte Boisselier said to the [[BBC]] that her medical team produced hundreds of human clone embryos before proceeding to ten implantations, two of which led to births. The head of the UK [[Roslin Institute]] was critical of the assertion, "Clonaid [has] no track record but claim[s] to have cloned hundreds of embryos – it just doesn't ring true."<ref name="Dutch clone claimed - but no proof">[https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3230 Dutch clone claimed – but no proof], ''[[New Scientist]]''. January 6, 2002. Retrieved October 11, 2007.</ref>

A Raëlian spokeswoman from Japan<ref name="Clonaid exec expected in court Wednesday"/> claimed that a baby boy, cloned from a comatose two-year-old of a Japanese couple, was born the previous day.  Boisselier said that a surrogate participated since the biological mother was 41 and more likely to have a miscarriage.  Scientists knew that many cloned animals suffer arthritis and ailments with the lungs and liver, and they were concerned that too many unanswered questions surround the prospect of cloning of humans safely.  Clonaid set up press conferences in which they described their method of cloning, but they did not give any details.  However, they did say that the third cloning was different in that it did not involve a mother's egg, but the surrogate's egg with the injection of the boy's DNA.<ref name="Clonaid says it's cloned first boy">[http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/01/23/clonaid.claim/ Clonaid says it's cloned first boy], ''[[CNN]]''. January 23, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref>

According to Boisselier, Mark and Tracy Hunt, who were seeking to clone their dead son, invested $500,000 in the former Clonaid lab in West Virginia and its equipment, which the [[Food and Drug Administration]] shut down.  The Clonaid CEO proposed a cloning lab on [[Brazilian Island]] for creating the next generation of clone babies.<ref name="Clonaid Nothing But Double Talk?"/> Clonaid claimed that five baby clones were born between December 26, 2002, and February 4, 2003, which had developed normally.<ref name="5 Babies Update">[http://www.clonaid.com/news.php?10.11 5 Babies Update], ''Clonaid.com''. October 15, 2003. Retrieved February 3, 2007.</ref>

In late July 2002, Clonaid's branch in South Korea, BioFusion Tech, said a woman became pregnant with a human clone. However, in the week of September 27, 2002, South Korea's [[Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs (South Korea)|Ministry of Health and Welfare]] announced that it would ban human cloning and sentence violators to a 10-year prison term.{{cn|date=September 2022}}

In February 2004, Clonaid claimed that a sixth clone baby was born in [[Australia]].<ref name="Sixth Cloned Baby Born Down-Under !">[http://www.clonaid.com/news.php?4.3.4 Sixth Cloned Baby Born Down-Under !], ''Clonaid.com''. February 9, 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2007.</ref>  Additionally, it claimed to have produced human embryos in [[South Korea]]. The small number of companies that have access to cloning technology has resulted skepticism by cloning experts in Korea, who accused Clonaid of defaming the now debunked stem cell work of Doctor [[Hwang Woo-suk]].<ref name="Clonaid Claims Embryos Needed for Human Cloning Produced in Korea">[http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200402/200402240004.html Clonaid Claims Embryos Needed for Human Cloning Produced in Korea] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110013040/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200402/200402240004.html |date=January 10, 2007 }}, ''[[Chosun Ilbo]]''. February 24, 2004. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref>  By March 2004, Clonaid claimed that eight extra baby clones had been brought to term for a total of thirteen baby clones.<ref name="Alive and Well">[http://www.clonaid.com/news.php?3.4.5 Alive and Well], ''Clonaid.com''. March 28, 2004. Retrieved February 3, 2007.</ref>

In September 2018, rapper [[Kid Buu (rapper)|Kid Buu]] claimed he was a human clone produced by Clonaid. However, this is commonly perceived as a publicity stunt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/who-is-kid-buu/|title=Who Is Kid Buu? Rapper Who Fought Blac Chyna in Hotel Has a Criminal Record, Claims He's a Clone|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kid-buu-claims-hes-a-clone-like-gucci-mane-and-michael-jackson-watch-news.59389.html|title=Kid Buu Claims He's A "Clone" Like Gucci Mane & Michael Jackson: Watch|website=HotNewHipHop|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref>