So-called ?therapeutic cloning,? which has proved so powerful in the public imagination, requires the manufacture and destruction of millions upon millions of embryos, each one of which requires an egg from the ovary of a woman.

What few Americans realize is that around the world nation after nation has outlawed this unethical research. Germany, Australia, Canada, and Norway have all decided to turn ?therapeutic cloners? into felons; and on July 9 of this year, they were joined by?of all countries?France. Meanwhile, our cloning ban has been held up in the Senate, the Democratic leadership refusing to allow it to come to a vote.

We need to turn our minds to this agenda so that our Christian worldview thinking can shape the future of U.S. policy. Human Dignity in the Biotech Century can equip you as we seek to do just that.

For further reading and information:

Charles Colson and Nigel Cameron, Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy (InterVarsity, 2004). To order, call 1-877-322-5527.

Visit the Council for Biotechnology Policy  website.

Visit the Center for Bioethics and Culture  website.

Pastors and church leaders: Call us at 1-877-322-5527 to request the booklet ?The Struggle for the Human Race: Cloning and the Biotech Challenge?A Pastoral Response.?

The Wilberforce Forum?s ? Playing God? ? curriculum, from Group Publishing, is designed for churches and small-group studies to address a myriad of bioethics issues, such as stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, cloning, and abortion.

Nigel Cameron  and Jennifer Lahl, ? Legislating Medicine ,? San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July 2004 .

?French parliament bans human cloning ,? Agence France Presse, 9 July 2004 .

Steven Ertelt, ? Biased Embryonic Stem Cell Research Polls Manipulate Public Opinion ,? LifeNews.com, 20 September 2004 .

David B. Caruso, ? Fertility Clinics Vary on Embryo Disposal ,? Associated Press, 17 September 2004 .

William Saletan, ? Revelation of the Nerds ,? Slate, 10 August 2004 .

Kate Harris, ? All Cooped Up: The New Oppression of Women ,? BreakPoint WorldView, September 2003.