Letter of Support to President Bush on the Cloning Issue
January 1, 2002
Dear Mr. President:
In late November, a Massachusetts company announced it had created the first human clone. Your reaction to this assault on human dignity was clear and forceful. You condemned the cloning of embryos as “wrong” and you warned “we should not as a society grow life in order to destroy it.” You called on the U.S. Senate to join you in supporting a comprehensive and effective ban on human cloning, a ban that was passed by an overwhelming and bipartisan vote of the House of Representatives on July 31, 2001.
We agree with you that passage of this legislation by the Senate is of the utmost importance and urgency. As you said in July, “the moral issues posed by human cloning are profound and have implications for today and for future generations.” The implications are now upon us. We must act now so that science advances in a way that “honors and respects life.”
Mr. President, we commend you for the moral leadership you have shown. We know that enactment of a comprehensive ban on all human cloning will be a top domestic priority for your administration in the coming months, and we pledge our support in helping you achieve this goal.
Sincerely,
|
William Kristol Hadley Arkes Gary Bauer William J. Bennett J. Bottum Gerard V. Bradley Nigel Cameron Samuel B. Casey Charles W. Colson Roberta Combs |
Ken Connor James Dobson, Ph.D. Steve Forbes Hillel Fradkin Francis Fukuyama Robert P. George John Kilner, Ph.D. Richard D. Land, D.Phil C. Ben Mitchell , Ph.D. |
William J. Murray Richard John Neuhaus David O’Steen, Ph.D. David Prentice, M.D. Sandy Rios Austin Ruse David Stevens, M.D. Wesley J. Smith George Weigel Paul Weyrich |