FC: Text of misleading anti-cloning ad by Bill Kristol's group

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 14:51:59 PDT

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    Here's the video of a previous ad the group ran in Feb-March:
    http://www.kaisernetwork.org/adwatch/adwatch_index.cfm?display=detail&aw=306
    
    Their press release about the latest ad (text below):
    http://cloninginformation.org/prps/shc-02-04-28.htm
    
    A pro-therapeutic cloning petition:
    http://www.franklinsociety.org
    
    And rebuttal (technically, a prebuttal), courtesy of Glenn Reynolds:
    http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/envirowrapper.jsp?PID=1051-450&CID=1051-041902A
    
    -Declan
    
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    http://cloninginformation.org/audio/shc_commercial_script.htm
    
                                       AUDIO
                                          
       Script of the Harriet and Louis radio commercial produced by Stop
       Human Cloning.
       
       Harriet and Louis Set the Record Straight on Human Cloning
       Stop Human Cloning's 60-second radio ad
       HARRIET: Louis, did you see that ad on tv about cloning?
       
       LOUIS: The one with the couple who look just like us.
       
       HARRIET: Spooky, huh?
       
       LOUIS: You don't suppose they're really clones, do you?
       
       HARRIET: Who knows? It seems like some biotech companies will do just
       about anything to make a buck. Did you know they want to get patents
       on human clones, just like they do on lab animals?
       
       LOUIS: But their ad says they're only using a human egg and a skin
       cell.
       
       HARRIET: Well that's how you make a clone!
       
       LOUIS: But they also say cloning is needed to cure terrible diseases.
       
       HARRIET: Look, if they were really interested in cures, they'd be
       talking about adult stem cell research, which shows far more promise
       -- not creating embryos to destroy them for medical experiments.
       
       LOUIS: What can we do to stop them?
       
       HARRIET: Well, there is a Senate bill that bans all human cloning.
       
       LOUIS: But not lifesaving research?
       
       HARRIET: Of course not. It's the bill President Bush supports. We need
       to call Senator [Tim Johnson] at 202-224-3121 and ask him to vote for
       the Brownback/Landrieu bill.
       
       [Doorbell rings]
       
       LOUIS: Harriet, your sister is here.
       
       HARRIET: Sister? I don't have a sister.
       
       PAID FOR BY STOP HUMAN CLONING, Bill Kristol, Chairman
    
    
    
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