Human cloning represents a dangerous and unethical use of technology.
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing today on safety and the ethical questions surrounding human cloning. Stearns offered legislation in the 105th and 106th Congresses to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to conduct or support research on the cloning of humans. The measures also urged Congress to press other countries to establish substantially equivalent restrictions. The cloning of animals has resulted in deformities, large fetuses, and premature deaths in sheep and cattle. We also should be aware of different techniques for human cloning that could circumvent a ban such as transferring a human nucleus into a nonhuman egg.