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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Colgan
No Public Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Research on Aborted Fetuses (language only)

Item 4-5.04 #3s

Item 4-5.04 #3s

Special Conditions and Restrictions on Expenditures
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Language
Page 521, after line 16, insert:
"i.  No funding in this budget, or matching funds related to funding included in this budget, may be provided for human stem cell research from stem cell obtained from human embyros; however, research conducted using stem cells other than embryonic stem cells may be funded.
j.  No funding in this budget or matching funds related to funding included in this budget, may be provided for research on cells or tissues derived from induced abortions on humans."


Explanation
(This amendment would prohibit state funding of embryonic stem cell research and research on aborted fetuses.)