11.   Just this month, Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health, told Congress that cloning humans would serve no scientific purpose.

12.   Moral objections to cloning humans become fuzzy when we are dealing with animals.

13.   Miles and others also said cloning humans would be contradictory to divine creation because it would seek uniformity, whereas most religious beliefs embrace diversity.

14.   No one was surprised that ethicists joined religious leaders in calling for a ban on cloning humans.

15.   Research that lays the groundwork for cloning humans is proceeding rapidly.

16.   Studies of twins provide hints about the social implications of cloning humans.

17.   Suppose that cloning humans can be made safe and reliable.

18.   The accomplishment has no direct implication for the contentious debate over whether cloning humans should be attempted or permitted.

19.   The problem with cloning humans is not that people would be playing God.

20.   There is no evidence that scientists are experimenting with cloning humans, with or without federal money.