Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113)
Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113)
Chapter 16 - REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (§§ 20-16-101 — 20-16-2509)
Subchapter 22 - PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC FUNDING OF HUMAN CLONING AND 25 DESTRUCTIVE EMBRYO RESEARCH ACT (§§ 20-16-2201 — 20-16-2208)
Section 20-16-2204 - Prohibitions

• (a) Public funds shall not be used to:
  • (1) Finance human cloning or destructive embryo research, including destructive embryonic stem cell research;
  • (2) Buy, receive, or otherwise transfer a human embryo with the knowledge that the embryo will be subject to destructive research; or
  • (3) Buy, receive, or otherwise transfer gametes with the knowledge that a human embryo will be produced from the gametes to be used in destructive research.

• (b) The state, a state educational institution, or a political subdivision of the state shall not use public funds, facilities, or employees to knowingly destroy human embryos for the purpose of research or knowingly participate in human cloning or attempted human cloning.

Added by Act 2019, No. 653,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2020.