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Article: U.S. House Committee Rejects Amendment To Erect Barrier to Human Cloning in the U.S.
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON (June 29, 2005) ? An amendment to enact a barrier to human cloning in the United States was rejected by the powerful Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 16.
The committee rejected, 29-36, an NRLC-backed amendment offered by pro-life Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fl.) that would have required any state, university, corporation, or other entity to refrain from involvement in human cloning in order to remain eligible for funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Weldon offered the amendment during the committee's consideration of a $602 billion appropriations bill for the federal Department of Health and Human ...