scientific breakthrough
US and South Korean scientists have demonstrated for the first time that therapeutic cloning in humans can be achieved.conservatives, reactionaries and theists are already raising their ignorant and prejudiced voices calling for condemnation and bans. some actually consider this the "american" thing to do. well, it is what their flavour of americans do best: outlaw whatever they disagree with, makes them uncomfortable or don't understand based on their own belief systems.
simply put: «no one religion, no one moral authority can claim to be the final arbiter of this work.» --laurie zoloth of northwestern university in chicago.
for more on the breakthrough, cloning and the debate visit this feature at npr's all things considered.
