Back in November when news of cloned monkey embryos surfaced, we surveyed the leading presidential candidates’ stands on cloning human embryos to produce stem cells for potential therapies. The issue was roughly split between Republicans and Democrats — the Republicans generally against, the Democrats generally supportive. But the candidates have different histories on this topic, so the full breakdown is worth checking out again after Thursday’s news of cloned human embryos.
Earlier on blog.bioethics.net:
+ Art Caplan on cloned human embryos