Missourians Against Human Cloning held a press conference Friday morning criticizing Carnahan and the ballot language she approved for the CWC initiative. You can see video of that here. Now Carnahan’s approved language has drawn dueling lawsuits. That’s right, I said dueling, meaning one from both sides. It was inevitable that CWC was going to have to challenge the language, but the cloning supporters?? You would think that the language was biased and radical enough for them. What more could they possibly want? Well, for one thing, they claim that it understates the potential cost to taxpayers, if voters pass the measure, by saying only vaguely that the amendment could:

have a significant negative fiscal impact on state and local governmental entities due to its prohibition of certain research activities

They want numbers, and big ones. They want it to say that it cost at least $200 million to state government and at least $25 million to local governments, which is just pure fantasy. They also want the title “The Missouri Cures Without Cloning Initiative” stripped from the top of initiative petitions that people would sign because they claim it amounts to a “second summary” and would be illegal. In a statement released by the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, the plaintiffs said that it would:

mislead Missouri voters with the inclusion of irrelevant language that is nothing more than a biased advertisement

Wow, is all I can say.

We didn’t have much luck with the judge last year in trying to get Amendment 2’s deceptive ballot language changed. We will need lots of prayers to the Holy Spirit for this judge so that we can have a fair shot at finally banning all human cloning in Missouri.