"?barring all research into therapeutic cloning can't be justified. Proponents of such a step argue that any progress toward therapeutic cloning would make reproductive cloning more probable. The reverse is likelier: Driving research underground guarantees that only the most unscrupulous will advance these technologies."
Washington Post, November 27, 2001

"?the National Academy of Sciences proposed a sensible plan that would allow research on the 'therapeutic' cloning aimed at curing disease while imposing a five-year renewable ban on the cloning of human beings?Cloning presents more than all or nothing choices."
USA Today, January 23, 2002

"?[T]herapeutic cloning offers the possibility of cures that could relieve suffering and improve the quality of life for countless people. That tips the ethical scale strongly in favor of pursuing this line of research."
Salt Lake Tribune, January 29, 2002

"It seems impossible and perhaps even immoral to try and ban an approach with so much promise for treating so many human illnesses. Dying patients and their loved ones are simply not going to accept a law that puts a potential cure out of their reach, and it's hard to argue that they should."
Atlanta Journal and Constitution, November 27, 2001

"Sen. Arlen Spector, R-Penn., has offered a measure that would ban reproductive cloning but allow therapeutic cloning to proceed. The Senate should pass the bill. Research that might end the suffering of millions should not be blocked before it has even begun?"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 24, 2002

"Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, proposes to prohibit baby-making cloning but would leave the door open for research purposes. It is the latter approach we favor, for fear that shutting the door will deny to suffering people the possibility that their diseases and conditions can be cured or mitigated."
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 31, 2002

"Our hope is that senators ultimately follow the National Academy of Sciences' advice to ban reproductive cloning outright but allow scientists to clone cells for use in stem-cell research. Called therapeutic or research cloning, the latter effort holds great promise for treating a wide variety of diseases."
Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 25, 2002

"We, too, believe Congress should not shut the door on research into therapeutic cloning?"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 27, 2001

"Scientists do not yet have all of the answers with regard to embryonic cloning, and its ultimate usefulness still is theoretical. Nevertheless, it holds great promise for mankind. As long as the collection of stem cells is not allowed to develop into a viable embryo, then it should be acceptable to use the cells for research."
Buffalo News, November 28, 2001

"So the option of using therapeutic cloning-under careful and strict controls-should be left open for now. The promise of better health for suffering people is too great to ban it."
Kansas City Star, January 26, 2002

"Let's allow researchers to explore this potentially lifesaving avenue, under the watchful eye of a concerned society."
Columbus Dispatch, December 2, 2001