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Historic Senate Debate on Cloned Human Embryos Delayed Until April, As Lobbying Battle On Dueling Bills Heats Up.

National Right to Life News

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WASHINGTON (March 6) - - Senator Tom Daschle (SD), the leader of the Senate's one-vote Democratic majority, has postponed until April any Senate action on a bill to ban the cloning of human embryos.

Daschle had earlier promised that the Senate would take up the issue in February or March. The delay may be intended to give opponents of the ban time to step up their lobbying and advertising campaigns to kill the bill.

At issue is legislation (S. 1899), backed by NRLC and numerous other groups, to ban the use of cloning to create human embryos. The bill is sponsored by pro-life Senator Sam Brownback (R-Ks.).

The House of Representatives passed ...

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