Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.217
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1.217 Cloning — use of state funds prohibited, definition.
Official statutory text
1.217. Cloning — use of state funds prohibited, definition. — No state funds shall be used for research with respect to the cloning of a human person. For purposes of this section, the term "cloning" means the replication of a human person by taking a cell with genetic material and cultivating such cell through the egg, embryo, fetal and newborn stages of development into a new human person.
(L. 1998 S.B. 722 § 17)
(L. 1998 S.B. 722 § 17)
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