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 ...

But this is deceptive. EHB 1268 re-defines “cloning of a human being” to the point that it almost runs counter to common understanding. The bill specifically says that the currently favored ...

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 ...

AUSTIN -- A debate over when life begins for a clone is brewing in the background of a bill passed Thursday by the Texas Senate to ban the cloning of human beings. Scientists have said the cloning ...

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 ...

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 ...