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The Arizona Senate passed a referendum that would ban human cloning in Arizona, despite opposition from lawmakers who said the bill is a waste of time because it addresses an imaginary problem.
SCR1044 passed in the Senate by a 19-9 vote on March 1. If passed by the House, it will be sent to the ballot so voters can decide whether to change the state Constitution to ban all scientific research in the field. Arizona laws already prohibit the use of state money for both reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
Sen. Chuck Gray, a Republican from Mesa who sponsored the resolution, said adding the one-sentence amendment to the Arizona Constitution would protect the sanctity of life.
"There's talk of scientists - if you want to call them that - trying to join human DNA with the DNA of animals," Gray said. "I don't think people want to be going outside the normal procreation channels to produce humans. We have a perfectly good way to produce humans."
Sen. Ron Gould, a Republican from Bullhead City, took a moment during the third read...
SCR1044 passed in the Senate by a 19-9 vote on March 1. If passed by the House, it will be sent to the ballot so voters can decide whether to change the state Constitution to ban all scientific research in the field. Arizona laws already prohibit the use of state money for both reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
Sen. Chuck Gray, a Republican from Mesa who sponsored the resolution, said adding the one-sentence amendment to the Arizona Constitution would protect the sanctity of life.
"There's talk of scientists - if you want to call them that - trying to join human DNA with the DNA of animals," Gray said. "I don't think people want to be going outside the normal procreation channels to produce humans. We have a perfectly good way to produce humans."
Sen. Ron Gould, a Republican from Bullhead City, took a moment during the third read...