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Cloning
S. 658 was introduced by Senator Sam Brownback on March 17, 2005. This legislation seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from knowingly: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such an embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo. It was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, however, no further action was taken.
I cosponsored S. 658 because I am very concerned that newly discovered technology could be used to attempt to create carbon copies of human beings. Such a project would be unnatural, unethical, and dangerous. I believe it is imperative that we strike a careful balance between the necessity of scientific experimentation that helps to improve and preserve life, and that which may threaten to undermine the value and respect we have for life.
Congressional Research Service Issues Briefs
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For more information on this issue, please view the following CRS report:
Human Cloning.
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