In 1997, President Clinton passed a bill on the use of federal funds used to support child-cloning research. In the same year, Clinton asked the National Bioethics Advisory Commission to conduct a study into the ethical and legal issues surrounding human cloning. ... After the NBAC's report was released, Clinton sent the "Cloning Prohibition Act of 1997" to Congress, which specifically prohibited cloning of humans, but did not interfere with other cloning research. The bill never passed the floor of Congress (Medical Journal). ...

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"In March 1997, President Bill Clinton responded to news that researchers in Scotland had successfully cloned an adult sheep by asking the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, a group he created in 1995, to review the implications. ...

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Just a day after hearing this news the president, Bill Clinton, formally requested that the National Bioethics Advisory Commission "Undertake a thorough review of the legal and ethical issues associated with the use of this technology ," and had announced his intention to start an advisory group on bioethics eighteen months before. "We know there is virtually unanimous consensus in the scientific and medical communities that attempting to use cloning techniques to actually clone a human being is untested, unsafe and morally unacceptable," said Clinton. ... President Clinton urged Congress to ...

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As of now, the final conclusion to human cloning is exposed in the report by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) that was presented to President Bill Clinton in 1997. ... Consequently, President Clinton accepted the proposal. ...

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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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How do you feel about cloning? Do you believe it is right? Does it go against your religious beliefs? These are just a few of the questions society is asking of itself these days. As cloning transforms from a fantasy to a reality, many ethical questions are brought into the picture. Cloning which...

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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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