NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
November 25, 2001

Cloning and terrorism are ethical bedfellows, according to the president of LifeCanada. "Both share the same premise," says Peter Ryan. "You can use human life as a means to a perceived higher goal."

Ryan was commenting on the announcement today that scientists have cloned a human embryo for the first time.

"This is a sad day for both science and humanity," says Ryan. "Scientific invention is not inherently good. The atomic bomb was no gift to humanity. Neither is the production and destruction of a tiny human being solely for experimental purposes. In fact, it is much more sinister. It is science gone mad, as well as a degradation of humanity.

"As a society we must decide: either human life is intrinsically sacred, or it is only so much raw material to use for whatever purpose - scientific, medical, ideological, etc. - we may want. We cannot straddle the fence. If cloning is OK, you can't turn around and say that terrorism is necessarily wrong."

Contact: Peter Ryan (506) 459-8990

LifeCanada is the national coordinating body for pro-life and right to life education groups across Canada.