Ethics & Human Life – cloning and abortion
Ethics & Human Life
Raelian Sect Claim Birth of Cloned Baby
The Raelians believe that humans were created by extra-terrestrials through cloning. The movement was founded by Rael – Claude Vorilhon – who lives in Quebec. He claims that “cloning will enable humanity to attain eternal life.” (1)
‘Pro-choice’ co-founder rips abortion industry
Bernard Nathanson alleges that false statistics were used to convince Americans to favor permissive abortion. “Another myth we fed to the public through the media was that legalizing abortion would only mean that the abortions taking place illegally would then be done legally. In fact, of course, abortion is now being used as a primary method of birth control in the U.S. and the annual number of abortions has increased by 1,500 percent since legalization.”
“These pioneers of the abortion-rights movement have all arrived at the same conclusion – that abortion is the unjust killing of a human baby …” (2)
References
[1] http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5753772%255E2,00.html
news.com.au, December 27, 2002, Clone baby birth claim, by Agence France-Presse
[2] http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30098
WorldNetDaily.com, December 20, 2002, ‘Pro-choice’ co-founder rips abortion industry – Doctors, clinic staffers tell shocking behind-the-scenes story