On February 23, 1997, news traveled around the world that scientists in Scotland had successfully cloned an adult sheep. What had previously seemed impossible, even to many scientists, was suddenly a reality. The sheep, named Dolly, had only one biological parent and possessed a genetic code identical to that of her original parent. Within days, the public’s amazement over this development turned to questions of whether the technology that had produced Dolly could also be used …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…that ban and has also announced his support for legislation that would make it illegal to perform research related to human cloning. The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001" was passed by the House of Representatives on July 31, 2001 and will now go to the Senate for consideration. Before voting on passage of the full measure, the House rejected an amendment favored by those who would allow the creation of embryos for the purpose of "therapeutic research."