SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1458

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES REID, SELBY, BARTELSMEYER, PORTWOOD (Co-sponsors),

MYERS, PHILLIPS, RECTOR AND SANDERS BROOKS .

Read 1st time January 15, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

2532L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 565, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to human embryos, with a penalty provision.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 565, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 565.310, to read as follows:

565.310. 1. Any person or entity that selects a human embryo for implantation through in vitro fertilization based on the gender of such embryo is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation of this section is a class D felony.

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the performance of preimplantation genetic diagnosis on a human embryo to detect the presence of chromosomal abnormalities or genetic disorders.


Missouri House of Representatives