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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon supported life today by voting against H.R. 2560, a bill that would allow the creation of cloned human embryos for use in research.  Rep. Melancon, who is pro-life, made the following statement: 

"I am adamantly opposed to human cloning, no matter what the purpose," said Rep. Melancon.  "This bill is not an anti-cloning bill at all, but rather a clone-and-kill bill that requires cloned embryos to be destroyed after they have served their purposes in a lab.  As someone who supports a culture of life, I could not vote for this bill."

"I and most Americans believe that the United States needs a comprehensive ban on cloning to create human embryos, regardless of what they might be used for.  Many other countries - including France, Germany and Canada - already have such a ban.  The United States needs to catch up and once and for all ban this nightmarish practice of cloning human life." 

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