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therapeutic cloning through a general cloning ban that defines 
human cloning as the creation of any human organism through 
somatic cell nuclear transfer.®^ Others prohibit therapeutic cloning 
by banning not only the creation of the cloned embryo, but also the 
“derivation of any product from human cloning."®^ 
2. Allow Therapeutic Cloning 
Two states have bills that specifically allow therapeutic 
cloning.®® In addition, twelve other states allow for the use of stem 
cells from any source, including those derived from somatic cell 
nuclear transplantation.®^ 
One state bill would encourage researchers to do stem cell 
research using only human adult or placental tissues obtained with 
informed consent, and would discourage research involving human 
embryonic or fetal tissue.®® One state’s bill urges state universities to 
refrain from embryonic stem cell research.®® 
D. Proposed Bans on Embryo Stem Cell Research 
1. Ban Embryo Stem Cell Research 
Five states have bills that would prohibit acts where a 
human fetus or embryo is destroyed or subject to injury.®’ New 
Jersey has these provisions in a cloning bill, while Wisconsin has 
them in an artificial insemination/in vitro fertilization bill.®® The 
OR HB 2538; SC HB 3819; SC SB 820; SC HB 4408; TN HB 1075; TN SB 1515; 
TX HB 1175; TX SB 156; WA HB 2173; WA SB 5571; WV HB 2832; WV SB 402; 
WV SB 514; WI AB 104; WI SB 699; WI AB 736; WI SB 404; WI SB 45. 
®^ See , for example, FL SB 1726. 
See , for example, NE LB 602. 
IN HB 1984; NY AB 6249; NY SB 3013. 
®^ MA HB 1280; MA HB 2052; NJ AB 2840; NJ SB 1909; NY AB 1819; NY SB 
612; TX SB 1034; VT HB 326; WA HB 1461; WA SB 5466. 
LAHCR29A. 
®® MI HR 189. 
KS HB 2737; MI HB 4507; NJ AB 2040; VA HB 2366; WI AB 736; WI SB 404. 
®® NJ AB 2040; WI AB 736; WI SB 404. 
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