Oklahoma House Votes to Ban Research Destroying Human Embryos

Last week the House of the Oklahoma State legislature overwhelmingly passed the Protection of Human Life Act of 2013. This act prohibits the destruction of human embryos for research and prohibits research on cells that were obtained from the destruction of a human embryo.HB2070 reads:No person shall:1. Knowingly conduct nontherapeutic research that destroys a human embryo or subjects a human embryo to substantial risk of injury or death;2. Transfer a human embryo with the knowledge that the embryo will be subjected to nontherapeutic research; or3. Use for research purposes cells or tissues that the person knows were obtained by performing activities in violation of this section.Continue reading at LifeNews>>
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Stem cells, Embryonic Source Type: blogs