UN Report: Human Cloning Ban Needed

November 10, 2007

(AP) -- The international community faces a stark choice: outlaw human cloning or prepare for the creation of cloned humans, U.N. researchers said Saturday.

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KB6 - Nov 11, 2007
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"The report recommends permitting cloning cells for research - but not cloning aimed at duplicating a person or animal."
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Not even animals?
There goes a huge amount of both present and potential biomedical research out the window.
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tbshmkr - Nov 11, 2007
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" lack of binding global legislation"
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This is the base definition of the United Nations.
"You cannot get there from here!
Go somewhere else!"
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Doug_Huffman - Nov 11, 2007
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IOW
GET UN OUT OF US
GET US OUT OF UN

Maybe the UN LEOs should nuke cloning nations.
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