[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: LA bill would be "fake" cloning ban like Weldon/Brownback

Tue May 27 05:39:33 MDT 2008

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 27 May 2008 AD
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*LA Bill would be a "fake" cloning ban like Weldon/Brownback*

See "ban to use public funds for 'human cloning'" (State of Louisiana) 
copied in full below.  How much longer is "prolife" going to take this?  
The bill is patterned directly on the highly 
deceptive "prolife" federal Weldon/Brownback "total bans".  This 
Louisiana bill scientifically misdefines "human cloning" as ONLY the use 
of SCNT, and thus would not prohibit the use of public funds for all 
other kinds of human cloning techniques. 

Nor does it really prohibit the use of public funds for human cloning 
by SCNT itself, because the bill scientifically mis-defines the product 
of SCNT.  [bill sponsors] even admit in the "exceptions" clause that 
there ARE other kinds of human cloning techniques.  Anybody out there?

-- DNIrving, PhD

http://www.cbhd.org/email/2008-05-23.htm

    The Bioethics Weekly

*This Week ---* CBHD would like to wish all a pleasant and memorable 
Memorial Day with your family, friends, and loved ones.

*Quote of the Week* *---*

/

"Whether you're for abortion or against, whether you're for cloning 
human embryos for research or against, we can all agree that our tax 
dollars should not go to the production of human embryos for their 
destruction and use in science experiments."

/

--- Dorinda Bordlee, vice president and senior counsel of the Bioethics 
Defense Fund in Metairie, in "Senate committee clears bill to ban funds 
for human cloning", /2theadvocate.com/ 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BafWL5ERF8wbTsUgnFC0dNkyRAcItYjxNvFTHF0UEB7J3MlmuxL8atsQnFhOP_yyC2Dyf1f7JAlU-PEo1L4MW8H5WLoUPOVtGlboThkuieu97aRSUl4Q013Zrc2iiF6tMmWuzTqQsWqO1Y-lAD5yng==>, 
May 22, 2008.

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http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=477658

HLS 08RS-883 REENGROSSED
Page 1 of 3
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; 
words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2008
HOUSE BILL NO. 370
BY REPRESENTATIVES HENRY, AUSTIN BADON, BOBBY BADON, BARRAS,
BARROW, BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS, CARMODY, CARTER,
CAZAYOUX, CHAMPAGNE, CHANEY, CONNICK, CORTEZ, CROMER,
DANAHAY, EDWARDS, ELLINGTON, FANNIN, GEYMANN, GREENE,
GUINN, HARRISON, HAZEL, HINES, HOFFMANN, HOWARD, HUTTER,
JOHNSON, KATZ, KLECKLEY, LABRUZZO, LAMBERT, LEBAS, LIGI,
LITTLE, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MCVEA, MILLS, MONICA, MORRIS,
NORTON, NOWLIN, PEARSON, PERRY, POPE, PUGH, RICHARD,
RICHARDSON, SCHRODER, SIMON, SMILEY, GARY SMITH, JANE SMITH,
TALBOT, TEMPLET, TRAHAN, TUCKER, WADDELL, WHITE, WILLIAMS,
WILLMOTT, AND WOOTON AND SENATORS DONAHUE, MARTINY,
MICHOT, MORRISH, NEVERS, AND SCALISE
*_HEALTH: Prohibits use of public funds for human cloning_*
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1299.36, relative to human cloning; *to prohibit the 
expenditure of public
3 funding for the purpose of human cloning; to provide for exceptions*; 
to provide for
4 an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1299.36 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §1299.36. Use of public monies for human cloning; prohibition; exceptions
8 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, public 
funds,
9 including tax proceeds, funds received from the federal government, or 
other
10 revenues of the state or political subdivisions thereof, shall not be 
used by any person
11 or entity, including any state-funded institution or facility, for 
*human somatic cell
12 nuclear transfer, commonly known as human cloning.
*
13 B. This Section *shall not prohibit areas of scientific research 
which are not
14 specifically prohibited by this Section,* including research in the 
use of *nuclear
15 transfer or other cloning techniques* to produce molecules, 
deoxyribonucleic acid,
HLS 08RS-883 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 370
Page 2 of 3
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; 
words underscored
are additions.
cells other than human 1 embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals 
other than
2 humans nor shall this Section prohibit the use of federal funds for 
research using
3 embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding prior to August 
9, 2001.
4 C. For purposes of this Section, *"human somatic cell nuclear 
transfer" shall
5 mean human asexual reproduction* that is accomplished by introducing 
the genetic
6 material from one or more human somatic cells *_into a fertilized_* or 
unfertilized *oocyte*
7 whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce an
8 organism, at any state of development, that is *genetically virtually 
identical* to an
9 *existing or previously existing human organism*.
10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the 
governor or, if not
11 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to 
become law without signature
12 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the 
Constitution of Louisiana. If
13 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, 
this Act shall become
14 effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It 
constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and 
digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) 
and 24:177(E)]
Henry HB No. 370
Abstract: *Prohibits use of public funds for human cloning*.
Proposed law *prohibits public funds*, including tax proceeds, funds 
received from the federal
government, or other revenues of the state or political subdivisions 
thereof, *from being used
*by any person or entity, including any state-funded institution or 
facility, *for human somatic
cell nuclear transfer, commonly known as human cloning*.
Proposed law *provides exceptions from the prohibition* for areas of 
scientific research which
are *not specifically prohibited by proposed law including research in 
the use of nuclear
transfer or other cloning techniques* to produce molecules, 
deoxyribonucleic acid, cells other
than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans.
Proposed law stipulates that the use of federal funds for research using 
embryonic stem cell
lines approved for federal funding prior to August 9, 2001, shall not be 
prohibited.
*Proposed law defines "human somatic cell nuclear transfer".
*Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial 
action.
(Adds R.S. 40:1299.36)
HLS

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