[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                CLONING

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, last year, we in the House of Representatives 
voted to ban all cloning of humans. Tinkering with human life the way 
some propose to do is unethical, immoral, and wrong. It would treat 
little human beings as commodities to be created, experimented on, 
used, and destroyed.
  Of course, some people, like the Raelian cult, want to create clones 
and let them grow up. That too is wrong. There should be no cloning of 
humans at all.
  Let me read what Ronald Reagan had to say about the sanctity of life: 
``Every legislator, every doctor, and every citizen needs to recognize 
that the real issue is whether to affirm and protect the sanctity of 
all human life, or to embrace a social ethic where some human lives are 
valued and others are not. As a Nation, we must choose between the 
sanctity of life ethic and the quality of life ethic.''
  Soon, Congress will be asked to choose between protecting some human 
lives and protecting all human lives. I pray we do the right thing.

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