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Dear Editor Last summer the US House of Representatives in a monumental display of ignorance of the issues passed the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001. If the Senate soon passes an identical bill sponsored by Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, doctors, medical researchers and patients could face Draconian penalties of to up to 10 years in jail and $1,000.000 in fines if they could afford and have the strength to go to the U.K., Singapore, Israel. or South Korea for treatment for Parkinson's, Huntington's, ALS, diabetes, spinal cord injuries and the like. How will these "crimes"' be detected and prosecuted? The Bush administration with Costa Rica is also leading an effort to get the UN to ban both therapeutic and reproductive cloning, which alternative legislation bans anyway.. It would be a crime against humanity to criminalize therapeutic cloning, which involves an unfertilized egg and one's own DNA. Over the next decade this research may unlock some of the most promising medical breakthroughs in human history and give hope to millions of living, suffering people. Rayilyn Brown 18507 N. Windfall Dr. Surprise, AZ 85374 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn 623-584-5869