The LSU-Tulane Cloning Push is an example of a disturbing trend of College Cloning for Cash campaigns across the Nation. The University names change from State to State, but the question remains the same: Do Colleges want Cures or Quick Cash? You decide. . .
Is TULANE Planning to Clone Human Embryos for Destructive Experimentation?
For the past three legislative sessions, Tulane University has employed a lobbyist to influence legislators to vote for passage of the Hines/LaFleur Clone and Kill bill, and against the passage of the Morrish/Beard Human Cloning Ban.
As opposed to ethical and effective ADULT stem cell research, the Hines/LaFleur Clone and Kill bill allows cloning of human embryos for the purpose of destroying them to obtain EMBRYONIC stem cells.
Tulane opposes the Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban bill even though it is modeled on the federal cloning ban legislation co-authored by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) who states that “creating a human embryo for the sole purpose of its destruction through experimentation is wrong, unethical and should be illegal.” Click here to see Senator Landrieu's letter to the La. Legislature in support of the Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban.
The following is the legislative committee testimony of Tulane’s Dr. Alan M. Miller, Deputy Director of the Tulane Cancer Center:
- “I don’t work for the State and I can state my support for a bill. I and we strongly support the Lafleur/Hines bill.”
Dr. Alan Miller, Testimony before La. House Criminal Justice Committee, May 12, 2005.
- “We are proud of our adult stem cell work – it is the main focus—but it is not the only direction of stem cell research. Adult stem cell research doesn’t make SCNT* unnecessary.”
Dr. Alan Miller, Testimony before Senate Judiciary B Committee, June 14, 2005.
*Note: SCNT stands for “Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer,” the scientific term for Human Cloning, as explained by the President’s Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC:
*“Human cloning (how it is done): It would be accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human somatic cell (donor) into an oocyte (egg) whose own nucleus has been removed or inactivated, yielding a product that has a human genetic constitution virtually identical to the donor of the somatic cell. This procedure is known as "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (SCNT).”
President’s Council on Bioethics, “Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry,” (July 2002)
Tulane's Letter to La. Legislators:
- “As you deliberate on legislation relating to the sensitive issue of human stem cell research, we at the Tulane University Health Science Center (Tulane) strongly urge you to pass the Hines/LaFleur legislation (HB 736) that prohibits cloning of human beings while allowing for use of stem cells in medical research that could lead to new therapies for human diseases.”
Paul K. Whelton, M.D., M.Sc., Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Letter to Louisiana Legislators, May 16, 2005.
Read a scanned copy of the Tulane letter strongly supporting the Hines-LaFleur Clone and Kill bill.
Is LSU Planning to Clone Human Embryos for Clone and Kill Research?
The following is the legislative committee testimony of Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., Executive Director of the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center:
*Note: Dr. Bouchard uses the term “NT-unit” instead of human embryo to describe the product of SCNT human cloning process. This deceptive term was originated by cloning researchers in Chinawho use dehumanizing terminology to describe the human embryos they create via the SCNT human cloning method. A May 29 2005 New York Times article exposes the disturbing trend of cloning proponents using disingenuous language for political reasons.
- “NT units are genetically 100% identical to the somatic donor, but with zygotes – they have 50% of each parent’s chromosomes. . . . Any legislation should approve the use of adult stem cells, and somatic NT-units and IVF embryos before they are discarded.”
Dr. Claude Bouchard, Testimony before House Criminal Justice Committee, 5/12/05.
- “Most of the action is occurring in the United Kingdom, Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore because they allow SCNT to take place.”
Dr. Claude Bouchard, Testimony before Senate Judiciary B Committee, June 14, 2005.
Follow the Money, and Decide for Yourself . . .
Why would universities like LSU and Tulane want to create human lives for the purpose of destroying them for fruitless research?
Read about the College Cloning for Cash Incentive at http://www.cloninghoax.com/ourtaxmoney.asp
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