July 8, 2005

In Brief

CLONING BAN: The Wisconsin Assembly has passed one of the nation's toughest bans on human cloning, outlawing both reproductive cloning and the cloning of embryos solely for research. The bill would also bar Wisconsin scientists from using embryos cloned in laboratories in other states. Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, has promised to veto the measure, saying it would cripple embryonic-stem-cell research there. Supporters of the bill, which would punish violators with up to 10 years in prison and

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