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To the Editor: Professor Annas's arguments against cloning (July 9 issue)¹ demonstrate why the term "cloning" should be banned and the term "somatic-cell genetic transfer" should be substituted. Many of his arguments assume either that a person created by somatic-cell genetic transfer would have the same phenotype as the source or that most parents would believe so. The former assumption is false; as for the latter, we should educate people about the truth, not make laws based on the false things they believe.

Choosing somatic-cell genetic transfer will ultimately not be about "replication" but about the creation of good genetic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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