Bush reiterates opposition to research

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Bush reiterates opposition to research

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Friday February 13, 2004
The Guardian

An uneasy truce between US scientists and conservative opponents of stem cell research - including the Bush administration - grew more precarious yesterday after the cloning breakthrough by South Korean researchers.

Scientists fear the breakthrough could reignite a sense of mission among conservative and Christian groups which have been pressing Washington to outlaw all forms of cloning.

The first salvo yesterday came from the direction of the White House, delivering a reminder that President George Bush is opposed to stem cell research.

"The age of human cloning has apparently arrived: today, cloned blastocysts for re search, tomorrow cloned blastocysts for babymaking," said Leon Kass, chairman of the president's council on bioethics.

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