This is a fun election for psephologists. Some are going to go down in flames, perhaps. What is your case for the Missouri initiative legalizing cloning? In any event, that does not matter. The fact is, is that Talent opposes spending federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research. Yes, I know, that it might not be the most value added approach to keeping my old bod alive, but that is a science issue, and science loses so often when it comes to these kinds of issues. I suspect you agree, that a majority of voters don't think such zygotes or whatever they are called, qualify for protection as nascent human beings, of which as you know, I am one. We all have our little leaps of faith, even those "objectivists" who claim otherwise in their willful hubristic ignorance. :)
No. The 100 word ballot summary voters will see upon entering the voting booth states that the proposal bans human cloning, but this is false. The ballot summary is relying upon a scientifically inaccurate definition of human cloning found in the full text of the proposal, which voters will not see when entering the voting booth. If voters could read the full text, they would know that human cloning is being authorized in the form of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).
I've read the full text, Michael Fox and the followers of scientism spending 30 million to get this passed are lying through their teeth.
Don't belive me, ask the NIH. SCNT is cloning according to them. Of course, I know it's cloning because I know exactly what somatic cel nuclear transfer is but the average citizen doesn't and that pisses me off.
There's more. You should read the amendment in it's entirety. There's a section in there that FORBIDS the legislature from having anything to to with appropriating the funds meant for cloning. Really an astounding document.