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U.N. Delays Debate on Cloning

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tabling-it dept.

hedpe2003 writes "'The General Assembly on Tuesday ducked for a year a polarizing debate over human cloning that has set the Bush administration against some allies like Britain and much of the world's scientific community. All 191 United Nations members agree on a treaty to prohibit cloning human beings, but they are divided over whether to extend such a ban to stem cell and other research known as therapeutic cloning. Opponents say total prohibition would block research on cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, spinal cord injuries and other conditions. The White House says that enough stem cells from human embryos exist for research and that cloning an embryo for any reason is unethical. United States was happy to go along with the one-year consensus but would not alter its stance. 'We will continue to work for a total ban,' he said.' I was just wondering what everyone thought about this. To tell the truth, I didn't know that the US was pushing so hard to ban stem cell research all together."

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  1. Re:OPEN LETTER FROM MY DICK TO YOUR MOUTH by Clever+Pun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i must say, i resent my post being marked down as flame bait while this one just kinda sits there happily. i mean, i can understand WHY mine was modded down, but the point remains.

  2. i noticed that too by polished+look+2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    seems kind of lame no one noticed this vile garbage but took offense at your missive.

  3. More delays? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This isn't very considerate to the Raeliens. I mean when you put the white jumpsuit on with shouderpads and tennis shoes, you expect respect.

  4. wizards 6th rule? by astro-g · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    3 guesses as to what books im reading at the moment?

  5. Re:wait wait wait... by princewally · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is NOT my responsibility to help them. I work, they can work, unless they are disabled, for which I am willing to make an exception.

    So they're poor. Boo hoo. Get a job. If there are no jobs, move. If you're that broke, you don't have that much tying you down. Get a $100 bus ticket to an economically stable area.

    Don't tell me the fact that I'm not lazy somehow gives me obligations to deadbeats.

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    "Vengeance is fine," sayeth the Lord.