“ ‘Today in America, 40 to 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually one in two, are killed before they are born, which is a greater cause of death for African-Americans than heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, AIDS, and violence combined,’ Franks said at a hearing on the legislation.”
“The scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep has urged fellow researchers to forego embryonic stem cell research” Dolly scientist
If approved by voters, the initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the terms “person” or “persons” to “include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.”
“…more respondents found cloning animals immoral [62 % ] than doctor assisted suicide [48 % ]. A narrow 45 percent of Americans believe assisted suicide is morally acceptable. Cloning of animals also outweighed the moral importance of embryonic stem cell research [30% found it immoral ], fornication [36 % ], gambling [31 % ] and divorce [23 % ].”
Americans Rank Top Immoral ‘Sins’ in New Poll