Scientists in Scotland say they have cloned an adult sheep. This is the first time that scientists have reported cloning an adult mammal. Many are now wondering whether the same techniques could be used on human beings. Robert talks to several people about the implications of cloning. Dan Rosenberg, General Manager of Three Chimneys Farm, says cloning would make the business of breeding horses less interesting. Ruth Portilo, (poor- TIH - loh) director of the Center on Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, says that human cloning seems likely one day. Ted Peters, Professor of Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California says that cloning may be unwise, but not unethical. And Dr. Leon Kass, the Addie Clark Harding Professor at the College and Committee of Social Thought at the University of Chicago, says that human cloning denies the essense of the individual.
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