Dianne Feinstein: “I am opposed to human cloning. I believe human cloning is scientifically dangerous, it is morally unacceptable, it is…”

“I am opposed to human cloning. I believe human cloning is scientifically dangerous, it is morally unacceptable, it is ethically flawed, and we should outlaw it. The issue is we are dealing with a complex subject. The bill at hand is a bill that uses words and does not define those words. There is the rub. So the issue here today is whether we go ahead and ramrod through legislation with virtually no consideration by this body, legislation that would impose a permanent ban forever with prison terms of up to 10 years, and we will not understand fully what that bill will do. That is why the medical and the scientific research community have asked us to proceed with caution. Let's say that you don't believe me. Would you believe the Biotechnology Industry Association representing the entire biotechnology community? Let me quote from page 4 of their 9-page statement to us. The current Bond bill goes beyond cloning because it does not define the term ``somatic cell'' or limit to cases where the DNA is identical.”