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Human Cloning / Israel / McGee Interview #196158

ABC Evening News for Sunday, Mar 25, 2001
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The issue of human cloning introduced.

(Jerusalem: Michael Guillen) The campaign in Israel by Dr. Panos Zavos for legalized human cloning featured. [Rabbi KADDORI - (thru translator) says God blesses the process.] [ZAVOS - comments.] Statement from the Israeli minister of justice Meir Shitrit opposing cloning quoted. [Zavos's sponsor in Israel Dr. Avi ben-AVRAHAM - says Israel is the land of innovations.] How animal cloning works detailed. [Texas A&M University cloning expert Mark WESTHUSIN - cites the chances of developmental abnormalities in clones.] [Representative James GREENWOOD - says Congress has to decide on the ethics of cloning humans.]

(Studio: Carole Simpson) Taped interview held with University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Glenn McGee about Zavos. [McGEE - outlines Zavos' confusing background; offers a perspective on human cloning technology.]

Reporter(s):
Guillen, Michael;
Simpson, Carole
Duration:
00:05:00

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