by Scott Ott
(2005-08-03) -- The journal Nature revealed today that scientists in South Korea have perfected a technique to produce 1,000 abortions of cloned dogs for every two live births.
Scientists at Seoul National University performed multiple surgeries on 123 anaesthetized dogs and attempted to implant 1,000 embryos, resulting in a mere three pregnancies and two live births. One pup died after three weeks leaving only 'Snuppy', an Afghan hound incubated in a yellow lab.
"Although this kind of abortion-clone work is in the early stages," said a lab spokesman, "the application of this procedure to humans looks promising--especially in countries like the United States and China, which have vigorously-competitive abortion industries."
Meanwhile, in the United States, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) immediately issued a joint news release lamenting the birth of the solitary surviving Afghan hound.
"Snuppy will now be forced to live in a cruel world where even the word 'dog' itself is an insult among humans," according to the PETA-NARAL statement. "We call on South Korea to implement greater ethical restrictions on scientists to ensure that important research on mass abortion techniques no longer produces such tragic side-effects."
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