Press Release

For Immediate Release:
December 27, 2002 11:00am

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NRL Legislative Department
(202) 626-8820 Legfederal@aol.com

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMENTS REGARDING CLONAID ANNOUNCEMENT

Regarding today's press conference by Clonaid, claiming that a cloned human infant has been born in another country, the following statement may be attributed to Douglas Johnson, legislative director for NRLC:

NRLC has no way to evaluate the validity of claims that a cloned human infant has been born, and that other women are carrying unborn human clones.

But what is known for sure is this: Multiple laboratories in the U.S. are working towards mass creation of cloned human embryos to use in research that will kill them. In order to prevent such human embryo farms, and the other horrors of human cloning that will follow, the Senate must act quickly to pass the Brownback-Weldon cloning ban.

NRLC believes that every member of the human species should be recognized as a human being with intrinsic human rights, regardless of the circumstances of his or her creation. This position is in contrast with the suggestion of some that a clone -- whether embryo, fetus, or newborn -- should not be regarded as a “human being.”

For additional information on cloning, visit the NRLC website at http://www.nrlc.org/killing_embryos/index.html

The National Right to Life Committee is the nation’s largest pro-life group with affiliates in all fifty states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide.  NRLC works through education and legislation to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide.