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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