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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:07:13 EDT George Person <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I had always thought that if a cure were developed overseas, I would > travel. What you are saying is that if the Brownback bill passes, I would be > a criminal and subject to 10 years in prison if I was cured of my > Parkinson's Disease as a result of therapeutic cloning. > George George, I read in one article that currently there are 40 Senators in favor of Brownback's bill, 40 opposed and 20 undecided. Here is the text of Brownback's bill that refers to penalties: S.1899 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. `Sec. 302. Prohibition on human cloning `(a) IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, public or private, in or affecting interstate commerce, knowingly-- `(1) to perform or attempt to perform human cloning; `(2) to participate in an attempt to perform human cloning; or `(3) to ship or receive for any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo. `(b) IMPORTATION- It shall be unlawful for any person or entity, public or private, knowingly to import for any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning, or any product derived from such embryo. `(c) PENALTIES- `(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY- Any person or entity that violates this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. `(2) CIVIL PENALTY- Any person or entity that violates any provision of this section shall be subject to, in the case of a violation that involves the derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than an amount equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by 2, if that amount is greater than $1,000,000. (from THOMAS (thomas.loc.gov) Some good web sites for more information on cloning, difference between therapeutic and reproductive cloning, comparison of Senate bills, and more : Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) www.stemcellfunding.org -- Side by side Comparisosn : Brownback vs Feinstein/Kennedy and Harkin/Specter Bills www.camradvocacy.org/fastaction/billcompare.asp --Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) Definitions www.camradvocacy.org/fastaction/news.asp?id=170 American Society for Cell Biology : -- Position paper on Cloning www.ascb.org/publicpolicy/cloning.htm --Dr. Paul Berg Testimony on Nuclear Transplantation before Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, March 5, 2002 www.ascb.org/publicpolicy/bergtest.htm Linda Herman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn