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Brownback Introduces Bill to Ban Human Cloning Wednesday, January 29, 2003 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback today introduced legislation to ban all human cloning, and chaired a hearing on the issue in the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space. “Today we will investigate the science and the ethics of human cloning,” Brownback said. “The world was stunned when a cult claimed to have produced the first live-born human clone. “Whether or not the Raelian claim of a live-born human clone is, in the end, proven to be true or false, we all know, at a minimum, that...

Senate GOP Leader Calls For Cloning Ban, FDA Set to Investigate CNSNews.com) - Widespread skepticism greeted a company's claim that the world's first cloned human being was born Dec. 26, but in Washington, D.C., the incoming Senate GOP leader joined a chorus of cloning foes in calling for a new law banning human cloning. Even some groups in favor of cloning for research purposes renewed their call for a ban on cloning for reproductive purposes. For its part, the Food and Drug Administration, citing federal regulations, reportedly is poised to investigate whether the Bahamas-based company called Clonaid did any of...