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A Brave New World is Pending
 
 In the March 6 issue of Science News, J. Raloff wrote "If pregnancies early in adulthood reduce a woman's lifelong risk of developing breast cancer, could short-term hormonal treatments that simulate aspects of pregnancy do the same thing? A new study suggest that

Doctors and Euthanasia
At the center of the euthanasia debate are doctors. In their hands is the authority to act with regard to the early termination of human life.
When doctors graduate from medical school, who should decide if they live or die? The parents? The patients? The government?
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Federal Assisted Suicide Law, Euthanasia
A debate has begun on the application of federal drug laws to assisted suicide -- a debate which may result in a new federal law to counter Oregon's experiment in doctor-assisted death. Last November the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) concluded that assisting a suicide is

Stem Cell Research and a Ban on Human Cloning
 
Some biotechnology companies claim that a ban on producing human embryos through cloning would stall important research in generating "stem cells" to cure a variety of diseases [Cong. Record, 2/5/98, S425]. To put this claim in perspective:
 
1. Cloning