A feminist speaks out against cloning. Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, writes about embryonic-stem-cell research that requires cloning: “Omitted from the polarized debate is any discussion of the thousands of women who will need to undergo egg extraction procedures for such embryo cloning. A primary concern is the substantial risks to women’s health posed by the extraction procedure and the inability to obtain true informed consent from egg donors given the current lack of adequate safety data.”

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