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As a Senate vote to ban human cloning nears, University officials are stepping up efforts to defeat the bill.
While officials said they support a ban on cloning for reproductive purposes, they said the bill, sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), goes too far in criminalizing a technique essential to potentially life-saving research.
On the other hand, therapeutic cloning—used to create stem cells—is ethically acceptable. The possibilities for stem cells derived from therapeutic cloning are immense. Great gains might be made in treating multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and various other crippling diseases. And because it...
To prevent renegades like Antinori from starting research on their own, the international scientific community should adopt a universal standard on cloning. This is an issue that goes far beyond national borders, and decisions made in one country cannot help but impact others.
Furthermore, in the ongoing debate about cloning, partisan politics has no place. Every senator must feel free to vote based on personal convictions, without pressure or fear of political retaliation from either side. Only a vibrant and open debate on the ethics of reproductive cloning, in the Senate and elsewhere...