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Please read the text of the bill at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.534: You'll find that this bill does, in fact, clearly prohibit therapeutic cloning. In addition it does make outlaws of patients who received treatment abroad with a product derived from an cloned embryos. See section 302(b). > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stan Boswell > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:02 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: Re House Judiciary Committee passes HR 534 bans > ALL cloning research > > > Please fwd this as appropriate. It should help soothe some > raw nerves, and set the record right. > Those addressees who read -- probably cussed at -- the recent msg I shared on > the same subject may have a strong desire to join a crew -- any crew -- that > was about to tar and feather the bill's authors. After all, the msg had > Messrs. Weldon and Stupak's advocating jail time for patients returning home > after receiving treatment using therapeutic -- Not reproductive -- cloning. > In other words, the msg was saying that HR 534 would make ALL cloning > research illegal; not just research using embryos. > > But the author of the msg I forwarded appears to have been off base -- or at > least pre-mature in his judgment of the bill's coverage. In pulling up HR > 534 on the Congressional web site, I found that the bill does not prohibit > therapeutic cloning. In fact, rather than try to explain further, I invite > you to review the attached file. > > Stan Boswell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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