    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book I)]
    [March 8, 2005]
    [Page 386]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the United Nations General Assembly Vote To Ban Human
    Cloning
    March 8, 2005

        I applaud the strong vote of the United Nations General Assembly
    today urging countries to ban all forms of human cloning. I am also
    grateful for the strong statement against practices that exploit women.
        Human life must not be created for the purpose of destroying it. The
    United States and the international community have now spoken clearly
    that human cloning is an affront to human dignity and that we must work
    together to protect human life. I look forward to working with Members
    of Congress to enact legislation to ban all human cloning in the United
    States.