{"id":1862,"date":"2005-09-28T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2005-09-28T13:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/at-least-one-state-is-doing-something-right.html"},"modified":"2005-09-28T13:55:40","modified_gmt":"2005-09-28T13:55:40","slug":"at-least-one-state-is-doing-something-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/at-least-one-state-is-doing-something-right.html","title":{"rendered":"At least one state is doing something right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin moves to ban human cloning<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin State Senate made final passage of a comprehensive human cloning ban almost certain last night by defeating a \u201cclone to kill\u201d amendment that would have gutted the measure.<\/p>\n

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Assembly Bill 499, <\/span>authored by Representative Steve Kestell (R-Elkhart Lake) and Senator Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan), would <\/span>ban both \u201creproductive cloning\u201d \u2013 where a cloned person is brought to birth, and \u201ctherapeutic cloning\u201d \u2013 where a cloned person is killed by extracting his or her stem cells.<\/p>\n

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An amendment to outlaw \u201creproductive cloning\u201d but permit \u201ctherapeutic cloning,\u201d authored by Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), was narrowly defeated on a 17-16 vote.  <\/span>Referred to as \u201cclone to kill,\u201d a ban on only \u201creproductive cloning\u201d would mandate that all cloned human embryos be killed since it would prohibit the placement of cloned embryos in wombs.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no difference between so-called \u2018reproductive cloning\u2019 and \u2018therapeutic cloning,\u2019\u201d said Peggy Hamill, Pro-Life Wisconsin\u2019s state director.  <\/span>\u201cBoth involve the reproduction of a fully human life.  <\/span>The immediate product of somatic cell nuclear transfer \u2013 the cloning process \u2013 is a human person, whether the intent is to bring that person to birth or to destroy that person for research.  <\/span>Either intention is repugnant, since the dignity and individuality of the human person is thoroughly disregarded.  <\/span>Fortunately, a majority of Wisconsin state senators recognize this,\u201d said Hamill.<\/p>\n

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The Mayo Clinic Proceedings journal published an article in 2003 <\/span>arguing that medicine should reject all<\/u> forms of human cloning, both reproductive cloning as well as cloning for research.  <\/span>\u201cWhy Medicine Should Reject Human Cloning," was written by leading physicians and bioethicists <\/span>from The Center for Clinical Bioethics<\/em> at Georgetown University and The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity<\/em> based in Chicago.  <\/span>The authors, one of whom is former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., argue that \u201c[U]tilitarian appeals emphasizing the alleged medical promise of research cloning are self-defeating, dangerous, and fail to warrant the cost in nascent human life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe medical community is increasingly speaking out against the danger and immorality of \u2018therapeutic\u2019 or \u2018research cloning,\u2019\u201d said Matt Sande, Pro-Life Wisconsin\u2019s director of legislative affairs.  <\/span>\u201cNot only does \u2018therapeutic cloning\u2019 create human life for the express purpose of destroying it, but it will pave the way for \u2018reproductive cloning\u2019 \u2013 thus realizing our worst fears.  <\/span>There will simply be no way to stop multitudes of cloned human embryos from being implanted in wombs and brought to birth,\u201d said Sande.<\/p>\n

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Final Senate passage of Assembly Bill 499 is expected today.<\/p>\n

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