He supports legislation in the House and Senate that would make it a federal crime to clone a human, participate in human cloning or import human clones to the United States. The White House has indicated that if Congress passes a cloning ban bill, President Bush would sign it. The Food and Drug Administration says any human cloning experiments in the United States would need its approval, but opponents want a federal law strong enough to back up the regulators' authority. Despite the success of Dolly, cloned cows, mice and pigs, most animal clones die during embryonic development. Others are stillborn with birth defects.
Mothers miscarry, and sometimes die, too.
Most scientists oppose human cloning because of such risks, but some infertility doctors and a religious cult plan to try human cloning within the next year. Those plans, aired at a congressional hearing last month, have spurred opponents to action. Some Congressional lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to ban cloning a couple of years ago, but lawmakers couldn't agree on whether a ban should stop disease-fighting research that uses techniques similar to cloning. Pages on this site may not be copied or framed. The site provides information that helps equip Christians to logically present and defend the Christian faith, and that aids non-Christians in their comparison of various religious claims.