Many urged President Bush to agree with former President Clinton's policy on stem cell research and that was; that the Congressional ban on funding embryo research would not be broken if the support was provided for only stem cell research and not for human cloning and no embryos would be destroyed to acquire these stem cells. ... Hillary Rodman-Clinton D-N.Y. questioned if the mix between human and animal cells would lead to contamination to the human cells, and if they could get more stem cells that it would be safer and a better way to conduct research that does not involve animals. ...

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Even though scientists said this method of cloning couldn't be applied to humans yet, Bill Clinton asked The National Bioethics Advisory Commission to study the ethical and legal implications of human cloning (Biomedical: Roleff, ed. 16). ...

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For nearly a century, cloning has been the subject of popular fiction even though the technology was lacking in reality. Recently, with the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, many suspect that clones of humans or human parts will soon be realized- if not already. Therefore, it has become increasingly necessary to consider the possible harms to humanity this new science may cause. Additionally, intense discussion regarding the social and moral ramifications of this controversial, multi-faceted subject is needed. To maintain an impartial and more logical discussion, it's helpful to ...

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In the United States, there are bills pending in both houses of Congress to ban cloning, and a new National Bio-ethics Advisory Commission is currently examining cloning's moral and legal implications. ... President Clinton took independent action pending the passage of legislation to ban any efforts to clone humans with federally funded research, and also asked privately funded scientists to abide by a voluntary moratorium for at least 90 days (Kenen). ...

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