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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 -- Britain, Japan, South Korea, India and scores of other close U.S. allies sought to head off the Bush administration's campaign to seek a global ban on all forms of human cloning, saying it would undercut scientific efforts to develop cures for cancers, diabetes and a host of other diseases.
The administration is leading diplomatic efforts to rally international backing for a Costa Rican resolution that would outlaw all forms of human cloning, including the use of human embryos in stem cell research. The initiative, which President Bush promoted during his Sept. 21 address to the U.N. General Assembly, goes beyond the restrictions imposed on cloning by U.S. law. It would increase pressure on governments to adopt a total ban.
The current dispute revives a highly acrimonious debate on human cloning at the United Nations for the third consecutive year. It mirrors the dispute on human cloning that has played out in the U.S. presidential campaign. President Bush and Sen John F. Kerry have staked out sharply different positions, with the Democratic candidate advocating the use...
The administration is leading diplomatic efforts to rally international backing for a Costa Rican resolution that would outlaw all forms of human cloning, including the use of human embryos in stem cell research. The initiative, which President Bush promoted during his Sept. 21 address to the U.N. General Assembly, goes beyond the restrictions imposed on cloning by U.S. law. It would increase pressure on governments to adopt a total ban.
The current dispute revives a highly acrimonious debate on human cloning at the United Nations for the third consecutive year. It mirrors the dispute on human cloning that has played out in the U.S. presidential campaign. President Bush and Sen John F. Kerry have staked out sharply different positions, with the Democratic candidate advocating the use...
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