# Whatever happened to all the the "soon to be be born" cloned baby claims? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162 "2003-03-09T23:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/1 "2003-03-09T23:03:35Z")
The hubbub seems to have died down re this issue and I don’t really see these claims in the news anymore. Is anyone still making these claims? Were they all frauds? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/2 "2003-03-09T23:23:02Z")
I vote fraud. These nuts were total wackjobs. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/3 "2003-03-09T23:38:53Z")
They got what they wanted- massive amounts of free publicity for their cult. I’ll bet they got lots of new members, too. Pretty clever way to spread the word about their little group around the whole world, wasn’t it? I think it’s fairly likely that there is not, and never was, a clone baby. Just a very strange organization who wanted some free press. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/4 "2003-03-10T00:17:21Z")
I don’t wish to post a link, but if you go to [www.clonaid.com](http://www.clonaid.com), they will inform you that a fourth cloned baby has been born to Saudi parents. They haven’t gone away. BTW, get a load of that Dr. Brigitte Boisselier. Hubba-hubba! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/5 "2003-03-10T00:25:33Z")
Dr. Brigitte Boisselier once was a teacher at a local school here. and they faded away from being in the news after they refused to provide evidence for their claim… pretty much admiting to the fraud of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/6 "2003-03-10T00:26:56Z")
I suspect they’re trying to keep a low profile, now that the US government has demonstrated it’s intentions towards cloning. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/7 "2003-03-10T01:01:03Z")
They were repeatedly challenged to provide ANY evidence for their claims and repeatedly failed to do so, providing instead lamer and lamer excuses. The media apparently finally realized they were total frauds and quit covering them. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/8 "2003-03-10T01:27:47Z")
Nah! They’'re just too busy protesting the coming war. **Women Strip To Thongs As Hundreds Protest Against War In LA** > [@](#): > > The women who shed their clothes were followers of the Raelian sect, who believe life on Earth was created by space aliens. From [http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2028586/detail.html](http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2028586/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/9 "2003-03-10T01:42:17Z")
From **samclem’s** link: > [@](#): > > \*\*“Whenever everybody undresses, the ego goes away and then we can make decisions,” said protester Nadine Gary. “Imagine President Bush nude addressing the state of the union. Imagine Saddam Hussein nude.” \*\* I no longer want proof of Saddam’s Weapon of Mass Destruction. Excuse me while I poke out my mind’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/10 "2003-03-10T02:31:10Z")
Wasn’t the state sueing for custody of Eve, the so-called clone baby? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-all-the-the-soon-to-be-be-born-cloned-baby-claims/160162/11 "2003-03-10T04:04:15Z")
It seems the media finally wised up and stopped giving these frauds their free publicity.