Anti-Human Cloning Bill Heads to Texas Senate  

Senator Jane Nelson Press Release 11apr01

Senate Bill 102, authored by Senator Nelson to ban human cloning in Texas, won unanimous approval this week from the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.      "Cloning technology is not advanced to the point of readiness for human experimentation, and I am not prepared to write off children, cloned or not, as experimental errors," Senator Nelson said, noting that in animal cloning it typically takes nearly 100 attempts to successfully clone a life form without severe defects and abnormalities. "The creation of humans should be left to the real experts: moms and dads."      The bill provides severe penalties for anyone who attempts to clone a human being. Violators will be subject to civil penalties of up to $10 million per violation and a first-degree felony, which can carry a life prison sentence or 5 to 99 years.