WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) joined U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) today in cosponsoring the Brownback-Landrieu Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 1899).

“I am pleased to announce Sen. Landrieu’s cosponsorship of the Human Cloning Prohibition Act today,” Brownback said. “Sen. Landrieu understands the dangers and moral dilemmas associated with cloning human beings.

“Efforts to create human beings by cloning mark a new and decisive step toward turning human reproduction into a manufacturing process in which children are made in laboratories to preordained specifications.

“In addition, science continues to prove that human cloning is unnecessary. We can find cures for the many diseases that plague humanity without creating human clones,” Brownback said.

“The American people insist that the work of science must be conditioned on conscience,” Landrieu said. “Anything short of a complete ban creates a loophole that would allow researchers, seeking to make money or headlines, the power to decide this issue for the American people. The risks of human cloning outweigh the potential benefits.

“There are other technologies available that allow the same medical advances to move forward, without bearing these risks. That is the direction supported by the people of Louisiana and the nation, and that is the direction of this legislation. I am proud to co-sponsor this bill with Senator Brownback,” Landrieu said.

The Brownback-Landrieu Human Cloning Prohibition Act would ban all human cloning.