[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           BAN HUMAN CLONING

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, we stand at the threshold of 
discovery. However, there is a line that science must not cross.
  Human cloning threatens the physical identity of people, it violates 
their rights, and it demeans their unique individuality. In fact, even 
most scientists admit that most attempts to clone would end in failure. 
By allowing this practice, we are condoning mass creation and the 
destruction of human life.
  The truth is, we do not know what all the consequences of cloning a 
person really are. But we do know that cloning raises serious ethical 
and moral questions. The excuse of advancing science is not really 
worth the risk in this case.
  Time is of the essence. Scientists say that cloned human babies could 
be born next year. Earlier this year, the House passed a vote to ban 
human cloning in the United States. I urge my colleagues in the other 
body to follow along and to vote to ban human cloning.
  We must respect life or risk reaching a moral point of no return.

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