Missouri Cloning Opposition Launched

Two legislators say they want people to have a clear choice. Others call the plan a slap in the face to voters.

Surrounded by boisterous supporters, state Sen. Matt Bartle and Rep. Jim Lembke unveiled their proposal Tuesday to reverse last month's public vote to protect stem-cell research in Missouri.

The two Republican lawmakers said their 46-word amendment would give Missouri voters an unambiguous choice on whether to ban human cloning.

The Nov. 7 vote, they said, showed that Missourians support such a ban. But the initiative's deceptive wording actually allows humans to be cloned, they said.