Ohio's Ban on Human-Animal Hybrid passed the Ohio Senate with a bipartisan vote of 24-8.   OCA President Chris Long stated, "The passage of this bill in the Ohio Senate marks a major pro-life victory.  No human life should begin and end as the subject of an experiment.  We attest that a process that knowingly encourages human life to be created, manipulated for research, and ultimately destroyed is immoral and should be prohibited.   All who believe that human life, including nascent human life, is a unique and precious gift from our Creator have an obligation to support efforts to ban it.  The research facilities in this state that did not oppose this legislation concur by their actions that ethical guidelines in the field of science do exist and that there are barriers that should not be breached." 

Dr. David Prentice of the Family Research Council states, “Creating ‘experimental humans’ through nuclear transfer cloning or as animal-human hybrids is an unethical use of science, and will not lead to useful medical treatments for patients.  The focus should be on ethical and successful research that puts the patients first..."

The Republicans in the Ohio Senate were joined by four Democrat members of the chamber to move this legislation to the Ohio House of Representatives. The roll call vote was as follows.  Call or email a thank you to those Senators who voted yes. 

Yeas - 24

Buehrer (R)        Cafaro (D)      Carey (R)         Cates (R)
Faber (R)            Fedor (D)        Gibbs (R)        Gillmor (R)
Goodman (R)     Grendell (R)     Hughes (R)     Husted (R)
Jones (R)            Kearney (D)    Niehaus (R)    Patton (R)
Schaffer (R)        Schuring (R)    Seitz (R)         Stewart (R)
Wagoner (R)       Widener (R)     Wilson (D)      Harris (R)

Nays - 8

Miller, Dale (D)     Miller, Ray (D)       Morano (D)       Sawyer (D)
Schiavoni (D)       Smith (D)              Strahorn (D)     Turner (D)

 
Next step: The bill goes to the Ohio House of Representatives for a vote. If passed, it will go on to the governor for his signature to make it a law.  Click here to contact your state representative and urge them to support S.B. 243, Ohio's Ban on Human-Animal Hybrid. 

OCA In The News.  The following links are news articles about the passage of SB 243. 

Christian Newswire

LifeNews.com

pro life blogs

Huffington Post

 Columbus OH - The Other Paper