GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 782

Short Title:  Cloning of a Human Being Prohibited.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Carrington; Allran, Ballance, Ballantine, Blust, Carpenter, Clark, Cochrane, East, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Horton, Hoyle, Ledbetter, Lucas, McDaniel, Page, Rand, Rucho, Shaw of Guilford, Webster, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO BAN THE CLONING OF A HUMAN BEING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"ARTICLE 61.
"Cloning of a Human Being.
"§ 14-460.  Definition.
When used in this Article 'cloning' means growing or creation of a human being from a single cell or cells of a genetically identical human being through asexual reproduction.
"§ 14-461.  Cloning of a human being prohibited.
(a)	It is unlawful for any person to grow or create another human being by extracting the nucleus from any unfertilized human egg and infusing into such egg deoxyribonucleic acid from any other cell through asexual reproduction.  Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class E felony.
(b)	Any person who conspires to clone a human being is guilty of a Class E felony."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.