Harry Reid: “I am not for human cloning. Therapeutic cloning is something we need to take a close look at. There is great potential…”

“I am not for human cloning. Therapeutic cloning is something we need to take a close look at. There is great potential for solving the questions scientists have had for generations about Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. I would never attempt to get into a public debate with the Senator from Kansas on the technicalities of this issue. I know he has worked hard on it. Nor would I attempt to get into a debate with Dr. Frist, Senator Harkin, or Senator Specter, who have spent so much time on this. This is an issue on which we need to spend some time. I do not think it is as easy as the Senator from Kansas has indicated, to simply put a moratorium on it. As I said yesterday, there are people who have contacted me who believe a moratorium of any kind would be a setback to the medical movement to cure some of these diseases. I respectfully suggest to my friend, the distinguished Senator from Kansas, there are other places in the world that are going to be doing this research.”