Bill to Ban Human Cloning Signed by Governor (Montana)
By KFBB,
KFBB
| 04. 01. 2009
The bill to ban human cloning in the state of Montana has officially been signed by Governor Schweitzer.
The controversial bill received a lot of attention during this year’s session. Supporters argued human cloning is a recipe for disaster, not only for moral reasons, but because of huge failure rates and risks to women’s health. The bill will not prohibit all stem cell research, but it will prohibit embryonic stem cell research with cells of cloned origin. Opponents say this bill will prevent medical breakthroughs by placing limits on the research that can be done on certain conditions.
Governor Schweitzer signed the bill into law Wednesday afternoon.
Representative Krayton Kerns (R), the bill’s sponsor, said, “I was glad to get the human cloning ban out, that’s the second time we’ve introduced that bill, and we amended it this time to make it a little more palatable to the opposite side of the aisle, and it was, so it came out strong.”
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