Is TULANE Planning to Clone Human Embryos for Destructive Experimentation?
For the past three legislative sessions, Tulane University has employed a lobbyist to influence legislators to vote for passage of the Hines/LaFleur Clone and Kill bill, and against the passage of the Morrish/Beard Human Cloning Ban. As opposed to ethical and effective ADULT stem cell research, the Hines/LaFleur Clone and Kill bill allows cloning of human embryos for the purpose of destroying them to obtain EMBRYONIC stem cells. Tulane opposes the Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban bill even though it is modeled on the federal cloning ban legislation co-authored by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) who states that creating a human embryo for the sole purpose of its destruction through experimentation is wrong, unethical and should be illegal. Click here to see Senator Landrieu’s letter to the La. Legislature in support of the Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban. The following is the legislative committee testimony of Tulanes Dr. Alan M. Miller, Deputy Director of the Tulane Cancer Center: •
