>>Chemist Brigitte Boisselier, president of the biotech company Clonaid, is a member of the Order of Angels of the Raelian religious cult... With her announcement of a miracle baby named Eve and the group's subsequent claim of a second cloned birth, the most important debate in morals and medicine is delivered into such hands to mangle. From what I'm reading, she never provided proof of success There's a connection with israel... And there's indeed a child mentioned in a court case, but since the child was in israel the judge dropped it because of jusrisdiction issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Boisselier#Claims_of_success Bernard Siegel, an attorney from Florida, learned of the case and felt that a hearing should be held about Eve's welfare.[28] In January 2003, he initiated legal proceedings, seeking to bring the clone's parents to court so its health could be verified.[29] Raël and Boisselier attacked the filing as an attempt to take a child from loving parents and announced that, in protest, they would not provide DNA for testing.[27] An arraignment occurred on January 24 and was televised live on CNN; Boisselier and Clonaid's vice president, Thomas Kaenzig, were subpoenaed in lieu of the child's parents.[30] In courtroom testimony, the vice president of Clonaid said he knew very little about the clone, and that Boisselier controlled all the information.[29] She did not attend the hearing, and Kaenzig provided little information, angering the judge, who threatened contempt of court charges. Boisselier attended a second hearing on January 29, **telling the court that the child was in Israel**. The judge then ruled that the court had no jurisdiction.[31] In late January, the science editor announced that he suspected the cloning announcements were a hoax.[29] Around that time, Boisselier held a press conference at which she announced that the cloned baby's parents had cut off contact with her and would never speak to the press.[32] In the following years, Boisselier claimed to have facilitated the cloning of several children in a variety of countries. As of June 2004, she reported that Clonaid has successfully cloned 13 children. She did not provide evidence to verify the claims.[33] She stated that the a machine called the RMX 2010 was used in the cloning attempts, and exhibited it publicly.[34] After Boisselier announced that no evidence of the cloning would be provided, journalists became very skeptical of her story.[35] While discussing Boisselier's management of Clonaid, Palmer notes that it is impossible to know why she stated that a clone was produced but then refused to provide evidence. She argues that her refusal to provide evidence may have been because she organized a hoax, did not wish to publicize the birth of an unhealthy child, or was taken advantage of by **a scientist she had hired.[32]** American science journalist Steven S. Hall criticized the media for their coverage of Clonaid, believe that they were inaccurately represented as a credible group. He speculates that the coverage of Boisselier and other cloning adherents galvanized sentiment against cloning, leading to its banning in the U.S.[36] ...