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The news in 1978 that Lesley Brown was about to deliver the world's first TEST-TUBE BABY sparked banner headlines--and the sort of debates that still rage over cloning and stem-cell research:
In addition to its position in support of federal funding, Harvard also lobbied Congress on an anti-cloning bill that would have repercussions for stem cell research.
It is also about the limits of law. What good is a partial ban on cloning if it cannot be enforced? Once embryos are produced for research and stockpiled in labs, lawmakers warned, it's hard to control how they are used. Even under Greenwood, which would subject private labs...
Maybe the most honest lawmakers Tuesday were the ones who admitted defeat from the start. Massachusetts Democrat Bill Delahunt voted against both bills. "I do not believe that I know what I need to know before casting a vote of such profound consequence," he said. He feared that without a...
5. The House voted to ban cloning because: