Clone Wars, Part II

IF the science of cloning is advancing rapidly, the politics of it are changing almost as fast. We’ve come a long way from the debates of the summer of 2001. Then the question was whether the federal government should fund research on stem cells taken from human embryos. The embryos would be destroyed in the process, but funding supporters reasoned that it was acceptable to destroy fertility clinics’ surplus embryos.

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Ramesh Ponnuru

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IF the science of cloning is advancing rapidly, the politics of it are changing almost as fast. We’ve come a long way from the debates of the summer of 2001. Then the question was whether the federal government should fund research on stem cells taken from human embryos. The embryos would be destroyed in the process, but funding supporters reasoned that it was acceptable to destroy fertility clinics’ surplus embryos.

Hydrogen Peroxide Can Heal What?