Is therapeutic cloning on the skids?

June 16, 2008

Is the juggernaut of therapeutic cloning grinding slowly to a halt? Recently (Tuesday, May 6) a bill authorising it in Western Australia failed on a conscience vote in the upper house by a vote of 18 to 15. WA Premier Alan Carpenter may use it a trigger for an early poll. For local supporters of the controversial technique, it was a bitter blow. Similar acts were preceded by impassioned debate in Canberra and in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT – but in the end therapeutic cloning always cruised through. (ScienceAlert)