Cloning Useful Lives: The American Medical Association Ethics By Dr. Pat LappertChief Medical Advisor This past week, the governing body of the AMA did the unspeakable... Catholic Way - Useful Lives: The American Medical Association’s Ethics of Homicide (c)Patrick W. Lappert, MD This past week, in a vote that went without debate, the governing body of the AMA gave public approval to human cloning for research and therapeutic applications. Because this approval was given by the nation’s largest association of physicians, it will carry considerable weight into the arena of public policy and legislation. Human cloning is the process...