LifeSiteNews.com reports that a Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act, H.R. 5910, has been presented in Congress. This bill would ban the creation of part-human, part-animal hybrid beings. British scientists are developing a hybrid technique which has created part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos in the UK.
Pro-life and public health advocates point out that there has been an increase in infections emerging from animal populations that threaten human health. Human-animal hybrids could increase the risk for transmission of both human and animal diseases. Genetically modified hybrids could also have a devastating effect on the natural environments of native animal populations. Michael Crichton’s fictional novel, Next, portrays many of the moral, ethical, and legal problems that such experimentation creates. You may also have seen the movie version of The Island of Doctor Moreau, which also presents some of the ethical conflicts of developing human-animal hybrid beings.
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