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Missouri's battle over embryonic stem cell research intensified today as a new group proposed a ballot measure seeking to outlaw a particular research method that voters narrowly endorsed just last year.
The group Cures Without Cloning started its campaign by filing paper work with the secretary of state's office for a constitutional amendment targeted for next year's ballot.
The effort comes just nine months after Missourians adopted a constitutional amendment guaranteeing that any federally allowed stem cell research can occur in Missouri, including research using a controversial embryonic cloning technique.
Without specifically repealing last year's measure, the new proposal attempts to reverse a key portion by writing a new definition for banned human cloning activities.
As a result of the 2006 initiative, "the Missouri Constitution currently has confusing language, which allows the same method of cloning that was used to create Dolly the sheep," said Dr. Lori Buffa of St. Peters, a pediatrician serving as chairwoman for the new group. "The Cures Without Cloning initiative is meant to just make it clear that human cloning within the state of Missouri...
The group Cures Without Cloning started its campaign by filing paper work with the secretary of state's office for a constitutional amendment targeted for next year's ballot.
The effort comes just nine months after Missourians adopted a constitutional amendment guaranteeing that any federally allowed stem cell research can occur in Missouri, including research using a controversial embryonic cloning technique.
Without specifically repealing last year's measure, the new proposal attempts to reverse a key portion by writing a new definition for banned human cloning activities.
As a result of the 2006 initiative, "the Missouri Constitution currently has confusing language, which allows the same method of cloning that was used to create Dolly the sheep," said Dr. Lori Buffa of St. Peters, a pediatrician serving as chairwoman for the new group. "The Cures Without Cloning initiative is meant to just make it clear that human cloning within the state of Missouri...