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US Human Cloning Announcement Sparks Alarm
Monday, November 26, 2001
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief

Peter Dunne, the leader of a smaller, centrist party United Future, voiced the fear that cloning would start happening widely before governments put restrictive policies in place.

Pacific Rim Bureau
The weekend announcement that a U.S. company has for the first time cloned a human embryo sparked controversy and political debate as far afield as New Zealand Monday.

Politicians called for quick government action to control reproductive technology, while campaigners deplored the feared ramifications of the "breakthrough."

In its announcement Sunday, the Worcester, Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) stressed that the aim of its research is not to create a human being, but rather to use the embryo as a source for stem cells.

"Our intention is not to create cloned human beings but rather to make lifesaving therapies for a wide range of human disease conditions," ACT vice-president Dr. Robert Lanza said in a statement published in Scientific American magazine.
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