World faces choice on human cloning: U.N. study

November 12, 2007

The world faces a stark choice between banning cloning of humans or preparing ways to protect them from potential abuse or discrimination, a U.N. study said on Sunday. Experts at the U.N. University’s Institute of Advanced Studies said it would only be a matter of time before scientists manage to clone a human if governments do not impose a ban.

“Whichever path the international community chooses it will have to act soon — either to prevent reproductive cloning or to defend the human rights of cloned individuals,” said A.H. Zakri, head of the Institute, which is based in Yokohama, Japan. (Washingtonpost.com)