House Judiciary Panel Passes
Total Cloning Ban
February 14, 2003 - As expected, the House Judiciary
Committee Feb. 12 approved a bill calling for a total ban
on all human cloning, including somatic cell nuclear transfer
(SCNT), commonly known as therapeutic cloning. The committee
passed H.R.
534, sponsored by Reps. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) and Bart
Stupak (D-Mich.), by a 19 to 12 party-line vote. The committee
rejected by party-line votes a number of amendments offered
by Democrats, including proposals to allow the use of SCNT
for therapeutic and research uses and to permit the importation
of medical treatments derived from human cloned embryos.
Information:
Dave Moore, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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