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Elena Kagan File: Advocated Cloning Humans for Research
Contact: Matthew Faraci, American's United for Life, 202-556-1994, press@aul.org
WASHINGTON, June 10 /Standard Newswire/ -- During the time that Elena Kagan served as a top domestic policy advisor for President Bill Clinton (1997-1999), she played a key role in shaping and executing the President's response to the development of new cloning technology. Memoranda and emails released by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library on Friday document Kagan's involvement in crafting an anti-life position and legislative proposal.
In a May 29, 1997 memo to the President, Kagan and Jack Gibbons (Assistant to the President for Science and Technology) recommended: "(1) that [the President] support domestic legislation banning human cloning, and . . . announce specific legislation at the top of your June 10th press conference; and (2) that the U.S. support the gist of France's proposed cloning paragraph [in the G-8 Communiqué] while insisting on critical modifications."[1] However, as the memo explains, Kagan's "ban" on cloning only banned the use of cloning aimed at the live-birth of a baby, not at cloning that takes human life.
A June 3, 1997 memo to the President from Todd Stern (Staff Secretary) and Phil Caplan (Assistant to the President), which was submitted along with Kagan's memo, clarified that the proposed ban should allow the cloning of human embryos for experimentation. With a check mark, President Clinton indicated his approval of the recommendation by "Jack/Elena . . . that you announce your support for NBAC-type[2] legislation and that you propose specific legislative language".[3]
In a follow-up June 8, 1997 memo to the President, Kagan and Gibbons further clarified that "NBAC's proposed legislation -- and, as currently drafted, your bill -- would not ban the creation of cloned embryos for research purposes."[4] On the same day, Stern drove that home once again in bold-face type, writing: "[t]he attached Kagan/Gibbons memo recommends that you follow NBAC in not banning the cloning of embryos for research."[5]
The cloning of human embryos creates living human beings in the earliest stage of development. "Using them for research" means they will be "disaggregated" and killed as part of the research. By endorsing such practices, Kagan demonstrated her disrespect for unborn human life.
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