Schedule:

Day begins at 10:00 am

Rally at Noon

Workshops presented by Dr. David Prentice at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm in House Hearing Room 5

• Participants are encouraged to wear red.

• Enter the Capitol building on the south side, through the tunnel.

• Organizers will be present on the first floor rotunda throughout the day to offer information and answer your questions.

• Upon arrival, please sign in and pick up a packet of information. Then spend the day talking with your legislators. The General Assembly begins session at 10:00 a.m., recesses for lunch from noon to 2:00 p.m., and then reconvenes.

• Because of the high attendance expected, all are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. There are some restaurants nearby and a small cafeteria in the Capitol basement.

• Your information packet will have sheets for you to complete after you meet with your legislator. It is important that you return these to the information table before you leave.

• For carpool or chartered bus information please contact the following individuals or organizations:

St. Louis Metro Area
Missouri Right to Life Eastern Region Office
(314) 567-0014

Sedalia Area
Bonnie Diefendorf
(660) 343-5773

Cape Girardeau Area
Kathleen Keesee
(573) 334-7298

Hannibal and Northeast Missouri
Tina Boltinghouse
(573) 795-4617
tina_marie@mywdo.com
or
Sue Wortmann
(660) 291-8585

Kansas City Metro Area
Missouri Right to Life Western Region Office (Mary)
(816) 353-4114

Springfield Metro Area
Dave Plemmons
(417) 732-7417
mrl.springfield@yahoo.com

Missouri voters were subjected to a $35 million dollar marketing campaign funded almost entirely by one couple whose biotech company could receive substantial tax dollars from a state budget that already struggles to meet the needs of Missouri citizens. This campaign redefined accepted scientific definitions and promoted emotions over facts. This deceptive campaign:

• Claimed that Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) was not cloning when in fact this is the process used to clone animals including Dolly the Sheep,

• Led many voters to believe they were voting to ban the cloning of human embryos, when in fact therapeutic cloning (cloning for research purposes) was enshrined in the Missouri constitution,

• Created false fears that access to cures and therapies would be denied,

• Discounted the risk to women posed by harvesting the enormous number of eggs needed for the proposed research,

• Neglected to note that the Missouri legislature would lose its properly delegated authority to oversee the use of taxpayer dollars.

Missouri citizens are urged to come to Jefferson City to urge their elected officials to pass a true ban on all forms of human cloning including Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. The media and legislators need to see that the people of Missouri support a true ban on all human cloning.

For more information on human cloning and embroynic stem cell research, please click here.

To download a PDF of the Anti-Cloning Lobby Day flyer please click here. Please feel free to copy and distribute the flyer.