Cloning of humans should be outlawed worldwide through an international
moratorium, says a report from Britain鈥檚 Royal Society. The report condemns
cloning as 鈥渦nethical鈥�. 鈥淲e realise there鈥檇 be significant practical problems
for governments to impose and police such a moratorium,鈥� says a spokesman for
the society. Earlier this year, the Rome-based doctor Severino Antinori
announced plans to clone humans. The society fears that a backlash against
cloning entire humans could jeopardise medical uses of the technology.
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