Human cloning debate in front of lawmakers again

Human cloning has been up in front of the U.S. legislature before, and in general, the voting and bill writing goes right down the middle of party lines. Those lines were redrawn this week, as a group of mostly Republicans lawmakers sent a human cloning bill down the chute based on it having too many holes.

In fact, a "real ban on human cloning" was suggested instead of one that would still allow for the use of human embryos used in stem cell research.

The vote ended up being 204-213 against the proposed human cloning bill, as 31 Democrats joined 182 Republicans in voting against it. That tipping point caused the needed two-thirds of the House to not happen, as is required for a bill to pass onto the U.S. Senate. Of course, this is not the end of anything related to human cloning as far as U.S. federal laws are concerned. And the debate rages on...