SJR 10 – Repeals the current constitutional provisions regarding stem cell research and prohibits human cloning

• Sponsor: Bartle
• LR Number: 0637S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/22/2007 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S133
• Effective Date: Upon voter approval

Current Bill Summary

SJR 10 - Upon voter approval, this proposed constitutional amendment repeals the "Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative". The amendment also enacts a constitutional provision that prohibits human cloning in the state of Missouri. The phrase "clone a human being" means to produce a human zygote, human blastocyst, or human embryo by means other than the fertilization of an egg of a human female by the sperm of a human male.

SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE