The vote was a blow to stem cell research, because the bill prohibits cloning for medical purposes, as well as for pregnancies.

WASHINGTON – House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem ...

a ban on human cloning must stop the cloning process at the beginning by banning all human cloning,” he added. The second bill, The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002, seeks “to prohibit human ...

Wagner fears a new bill banning human cloning will make his colleagues' work illegal. Some stem cell researchers and bio-business leaders are urging lawmakers to kill a proposed bill that would ...

Critics argued that the bill's title was deceptive, as it allowed for therapeutic cloning. The bill failed by a vote of 204-213-- short of the two-thirds majority required to pass it, and even ...

Proponents say the bill will prevent what they call human reproductive cloning, but the bill’s critics maintain that the very process it advocates is itself a form of cloning. “This bill is not a ...

Sen. Johnie Hammond, D-Ames, voted against Redwine's proposal, arguing that the ban could interfere with stem cell research unless the bill is modified. Cloning could be used to produce a whole ...

Last month the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban human cloning, therapeutic or otherwise, in this country. This poll summarized two sides of the debate on cloning. For both ...

Now that the House has passed a bill prohibiting all forms of human cloning, attention quickly shifts to the Senate where the debate should be far more heated. Like their House counterparts ...

The Alabama House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to outlaw human cloning. The bill, by Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, would make it a Class C felony to clone, attempt to ...

Rigsby said his bill, HB380, would only apply to efforts to clone a human being, not other forms of cloning, such as those used to develop a human organ. “My issue here today is for the safety ...