March 19, 2010 - Ohio Right to Life - Thursday, March 18th, Sen. Steve Buehrer (R, Delta) introduced S.B. 243 in the Ohio Senate. S.B. 243 would ban:
- Creating, sending or receiving a cloned human embryo;
- Creating, transporting or receiving an animal-human hybrid;
- Transferring a non-human embryo into a human womb; and
- Transferring a human embryo into a non-human womb.
Violation of the statute could result in imprisonment for up to five years and, if the offender derives pecuniary gain from the violation, a fine of not less than one million dollars and not more than twice the amount of the gross pecuniary gain if it is more than one million dollars.
S.B. 243 is co-sponsored by Senators John Carey; Kevin Coughlin; Keith Faber; Bob Gibbs; Tim Grendell; Shannon Jones and Tim Schaffer.
