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Great letter, Kay and thanks for the bill. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "ds401" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: Re: Trouble in Ohio > Here is Bill355 > http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_355 > > Representatives Gilb, Bubp, Buehrer, Collier, Faber, Hood, Law, > McGregor, Raga, Raussen, Schaffer, Setzer, Trakas, Uecker, White, > Widener, Willamowski > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > A BILL > > To amend section 3701.99 and to enact sections 131.51 and 3701.93 of > the Revised Code to place ethical constraints on human research. > > > BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: > > Section 1. That section 3701.99 be amended and sections 131.51 and > 3701.93 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: > > Sec. 131.51. Money in the state treasury and money in the custody of > the treasurer of state may not be used for any of the following > purposes: > > (A) Research that involves the taking of human life or the use of > cells or tissue derived from the taking of a human life, including > research that involves cells or tissue derived from an induced > abortion and research that involves stem cells derived from > destroying human embryos, or that involves stem cells derived from > human embryonic tissue. > > Division (A) of this section does not apply to stem cell research > involving human embryonic stem cells listed on the "Human Embryonic > Stem Cell Registry" created by the national institutes of health in > the United States department of health and human services in > accordance with presidential criteria established on August 9, 2001. > > (B) Research that performs or attempts to perform human cloning; > that participates or attempts to participate in human cloning; or > that involves an embryo or any product derived from an embryo > produced by human cloning. > > "Human cloning" has the same meaning as used in section 3701.93 of > the Revised Code. > > (C) Research that is performed on an individual without appropriate > and voluntary written informed consent. > > Sec. 3701.93. (A) As used in this section: > > (1) "Asexual reproduction" means reproduction that is not initiated > by the union of oocyte and sperm. > > (2) "DNA" means human deoxyribonucleic acid. > > (3) "Human cloning" means human asexual reproduction that is > accomplished by introducing nuclear material from one or more human > somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear > material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce a living > organism, at any stage of development, that is genetically virtually > identical to an existing or previously existing human organism. > > (4) "Oocyte" means a human ovum or egg. > > (5) "Somatic cell" means a cell that has a complete set of > chromosomes and is obtained or derived from a living or deceased > human body at any stage of development. > > (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person or > governmental entity shall knowingly do any of the following: > > (1) Perform or attempt to perform human cloning; > > (2) Participate in the performance or attempted performance of human > cloning; > > (3) Send or receive an embryo that is produced by human cloning or > any product derived from that embryo. > > (C) Nothing in this section shall restrict the areas of scientific > research that are not specifically prohibited by this section, > including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning > techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human > embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans. > > Sec. 3701.99. (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3701.23, > division (C) of section 3701.232, division (C) of section 3701.24, > division (B) of section 3701.25, division (I) of section 3701.262, > division (D) of section 3701.263, or sections 3701.46 to 3701.55 of > the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first > offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a > misdemeanor of the fourth degree. > > (B) Whoever violates section 3701.82 of the Revised Code is guilty > of a misdemeanor of the first degree. > > (C) Whoever violates section 3701.352 or 3701.81 of the Revised Code > is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. > > (D) Whoever violates section 3701.93 of the Revised Code shall be > subject to the following: > > (1) A term of imprisonment of not more than ten years; > > (2) If the offender derives pecuniary gain as a result of the > violation, a fine of not less than one million dollars and not more > than an amount equal to two times the amount of the gross pecuniary > gain if that amount is more than one million dollars. > > Section 2. That existing section 3701.99 of the Revised Code is > hereby repealed. > > > rayilynlee wrote: > >> Don't let Ohio Legislature cripple stem-cell research >> 2006-01-03 >> >> >> >> >> We write in strong opposition to Ohio House Bill 355, sponsored by >> Rep. Gilb, R-Findlay. This bill eliminates all stem-cell research >> financed by the state of Ohio. >> >> If this bill passes, research in the state of Ohio for diseases such >> as Alzheimer's, ALS, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's, >> spinal-cord injuries and other diseases would be severely compromised, >> eliminating crucial research at facilities such as the Cleveland Clinic, >> the James Cancer Hospital and Case Western Reserve. >> >> Stem cells are nature's blank slate and are capable of developing >> into any of nearly 220 cell types that make up the human body. A vocal >> minority has argued that adult stem cells will be sufficient to pursue >> treatments or cures for diseases. This is simply not true. >> >> Given the great hope that stem-cell research provides to those who >> are suffering, we urge you to not let this bill pass. Please call or fax >> your state senator and representative immediately to voice your >> opposition to House Bill 355. Search www.ohio.gov for the names of your >> representatives. >> >> On behalf of the Ohio Citizens for Stem Cell Research >> >> Kay Wilhelm >> >> Dublin, Ohio >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn