Not surprisingly, the possibility of human cloning has raised some troublesome issues.
Many people fear that the answer to both questions is, most likely, the rich and powerful.
The ban was mainly a gesture, since no federal funds are currently being put towards experiments involving human cloning. But Clinton has also asked a federal bioethics panel to study the issue and report back in 90 days on whether the United States should regulate or ban human cloning altogether. Britain, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain already have laws banning human genetic experiments. But geneticists are hoping that the baby doesn't get thrown out with the bath water. For example, consider Rosie the transgenic cow.