...A Christian medical group is reacting to news that a researcher in the United Kingdom has been given approval to create human clones -- which is tantamount to a 'license to kill,' since the scientist must subsequently destroy all those human beings he clones for study. The British government has given the green light to Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute to begin cloning human embryos, and Dr. David Stevens of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations is responding to the news with concern. 'This is something that should be disturbing to us all,' he says, 'that life has become so cheap that a clone-and-kill policy that's now on the books in that country doesn't cause more of an outrage in ours.' The CMDA spokesman worries that U.S. taxpayers may soon be forced to pay for human cloning experiments. He notes that Harvard's Human Research Committee has actually already applied for permission to clone and kill human beings for research purposes. Dr. Stevens says if this idea that life is cheap or can be used as a commodity for 'research purposes' continues unchecked, Americans could see that mentality spreading throughout their nation before long.