No to cloning.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- A declaration introduced by Honduras, urging United Nations members to outlaw all cloning practices "as they are incompatible with human dignity Human dignity is an expression that can be used as a moral concept or as a legal term. Sometimes it means no more than that human beings should not be treated as objects. Beyond this, it is meant to convey an idea of absolute and inherent worth that does not need to be acquired and and the protection of human life" has been adopted. Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , which led the effort for a cloning ban, called the declaration a success for those who seek to pro-mote ethical scientific research. Countries were divided over whether to protect "human life" or "human beings." Costa Rica, Uganda, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and others sought to ban all forms of human cloning in protecting human life. This position was opposed by the countries, led by Great Britain, Belgium, and Singapore, who are willing to concede that a cloned human already born be allowed to live, while permitting cloned embryos to be used for research. Great Britain is on record as saying that it will defy the UN ban and proceed with research cloning anyway. One licence for research cloning in Great Britain is now subject to a legal challenge on the basis that the cloning "licence" is unlawful and unnecessary. Some countries have blocked any move to ban all cloning, claiming that stem cells stem cells, unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a blastocyst (the blastula typical of placental mammals; see embryo), which is very young from cloned embryos will treat various diseases. However, so far not one person has been helped by these stem ceils, while many people with maladies such as Parkinson's and cancer are being helped by adult stem cells which do not involve the killing of human embryos. (LifesiteNews.com; C-Faro; Zenit Feb. 18 '05) |
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