Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007

Floor Speech

HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT OF 2007 -- (House of Representatives - June 06, 2007)

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Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I stand before this House and say that I oppose human cloning.

As a physician, I'm extremely concerned about the consequences of human cloning and all of its ramifications, but this bill doesn't ban human cloning, not as we all know it.

The author says, read the bill. Well, I would suggest to my colleagues, that is exactly what they ought to do, read the bill.

The definition on page 2 of human cloning says, ``The term `human cloning' means the implantation of the product of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus.'' It confines the definition to implantation. Cloning means to copy. Human cloning means to copy a human.

Dorland's medical dictionary definition of human cloning is, ``The transplantation of a nucleus from a somatic cell into an ovum which then develops into an embryo.'' It doesn't confine it to implantation, because implantation is the next step.

Cloning doesn't have to do with implantation. This is another, Mr. Speaker, in a long list of Orwellian democracy actions by this majority, saying one thing and doing another. This bill wouldn't ban human cloning at all.

What a shame, what a sham. I urge my colleagues to read the bill. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

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