March 28, 2001

Human cloning per se isn't

Human cloning per se isn't wrong. Twins are natural clones. The problem is treating embryos as material just to satisfy people's desires. When the unborn are not treated with the respect they deserve as human beings massive defects and miscarriages are ignored. Famed cloning scientist Dr. Ian Wilmut is even opposed to human cloning.

Since Dolly, scientists have cloned mice, cattle, goats and pigs. Dr Wilmut and Dr Jaenisch point out that very few cloned embryos survive to birth and many of these die shortly after. Survivors are often grotesquely large or have defects.

"Dolly's Creator Says No to Human Cloning"