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When Do Human Beings Begin? "Scientific" Myths and Scientific Facts - DIANNE N. IRVING

Current discussions on abortion, human embryo research (including cloning, stem cell research, and the formation of mixed-species chimeras), and the use of abortifacients involve specific claims as to when the life of every human being begins. Read more...

The Wisdom of Repugnance - Leon R. Kass

If we should not underestimate the significance of human cloning, neither should we exaggerate its imminence or misunderstand just what is involved. Read more...

Why Human Cloning Is Immoral - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS

With all of the news about Dolly the ewe and cloning, how should we deal with this issue as Catholics? Read more...

Organ Transplants and Cloning - FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS

I saw an article in the Post about the Holy Father condemning the cloning of human embryos for organ transplants. Would you please explain better the Church’s teaching on this subject? Read more...

Not Making the Cut - Donald DeMarco

All human beings should "make the cut" simply because they are inviolate, unrepeatable, and irreplaceable human beings. The path to abortion and the road toward cloning is one that consistently and increasingly subordinates the primary good of the human being to some secondary good. Read more...

Cloning at the Crossroads of Humankind - Nigel M. de S. Cameron

The world changed when it was announced in February of 1997 that scientists working for a private research institute in my former homeland of Scotland had cloned a sheep. The world was taken by total surprise. Technology first, typically by surprise; ethics and policy later, if at all. Four years later, here in the U.S. we still have no policy. There are few more worrying facts in the modern world. Let me offer three comments. Read more...

The Corrosive Power of Euphemisms - C. Ben Mitchell

Words are powerful tools. They can be used as a shield or a weapon. They have incited revolutions, shaped nations, and thrilled readers. They are the stuff of which most human communication is made. Nowhere is this more evident than in the latest development in human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. Read more...

The Views of the Holy See on Human Cloning - The Holy See

Holy See's Call for a Ban on All Human Cloning - Holy See Mission

Here is the text of the Holy See's speech delivered Monday at a U.N. session on human cloning. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, gave the speech. Read more...

Clone the French! - Wesley J. Smith

Big News! The French parliament just passed the Brownback-Landrieu Bill outlawing all human cloning. Read more...

Embryology: Inconvenient Facts - William L. Saunders, Jr.

In the ongoing debate about cloning human embryos for research, and about destroying them in order to harvest their stem cells, it is important to keep some basic facts in mind. Our moral analysis must be built upon fundamental scientific truths. If we obscure the facts, then we will not think clearly or act responsibly about these issues. Read more...

The U.N. on Cloning: Ban It - Wesley J. Smith

The United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning is a breakthrough document with enormous potential to lead to tremendous human good. Read more...

Soulless Clones and Spineless Men - Fr. Tad Pacholczyk

People are intrigued and repulsed by the idea of cloning humans. Read more...