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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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