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Editor's note. The following article was produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. It can be found in its entirety (along with footnotes) at http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/cloning/farmfact31805.htm
I. The Current Situation
Some scientists and their political allies support human cloning for research purposes (which they call "therapeutic" cloning, although it has not produced any therapies). They say this practice can be kept totally separate from "reproductive" cloning (using cloned human embryos to initiate pregnancies). However, the cloning procedure is exactly the same in both ...