Articles on this issue "cloning"
A Catholic group awarded its first Kolbe Prize for Peace to the president of Costa Rica for his efforts in trying to secure a global U.N. ban on human cloning. At a gala dinner Thursday, U.S. …
read moreThe World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) issued this statement following the recent news of the cloning of a human embryo by Korean scientists. The text was adapted …
read moreNews that South Korean scientists have used cloning to create and destroy dozens of human embryos "is a sign of moral regress," says Cardinal William Keeler. "Using this or any means to create …
read moreA papal adviser says the news of the cloning of a human embryo by South Korean scientists signals a desire to make industrial material out of human beings. The experiment of scientists of the …
read moreThe uproar over French legislation to ban religious signs in public schools and the relative silence regarding a "therapeutic cloning" measure are key concerns of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of …
read moreA U.S. bishops' aide assailed a New Jersey law that allows destruction of human embryos and lethal experimentation on cloned babies throughout pregnancy. New Jersey Governor James McGreevey …
read moreThe Holy See was “disappointed” with a U.N. Commission’s on human cloning last Thursday. Those nations which support cloning do so to produce – and eliminate – human embryos as research …
read moreThe United Nations voted to delay for two years any consideration of a treaty to ban human cloning, the Associated Press reported. The General Assembly's legal committee voted 80-79 to accept …
read moreThe Vatican press office made public today the speech given by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, on Oct. 21, on Item 172 of the agenda of …
read moreU.N. failure to ban human cloning for research would involve the organization in legitimizing the creation of human beings for the express purpose of destroying them, warns the Vatican. "How …
read moreThe United Nations is once more hearing arguments on a global ban against human cloning. A working group of the Legal Committee heard evidence on the matter last week. Hearings were not open …
read moreThe Vatican again urged a ban on all forms of human cloning and warned that some embryonic cell research could end up "instrumentalizing women." In a speech to a U.N. panel, the Vatican …
read moreThe Catholic bishops of England and Wales are urging the British government to back a U.N. resolution supported by over 30 states calling for a total ban on human cloning. As the United …
read moreThe American Medical Association, the largest U.S. physicians' organization, backed the use of cloning for research purposes. So-called therapeutic, or research, cloning involves the creation …
read moreNegotiations to reach an international treaty to ban human cloning broke down last September and countries agreed to put off a decision for 12 months. Costa Rica, however, has recently put …
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