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Linda, George, All: Lately there was a lot of talk that people could grow their own stem cells. The cited bill would not effect this avenue.I wonder if Canada is going to follow US in the decision. I hope there could be some amendments to this bill. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda J Herman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Call for action! > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn