not necessarily follow that he is being accorded preferential treatment on the basis of his ancestry.” Id., 580 n. 503. 435. Id. If legislatures were to enact laws regarding who could be cloned, this would also likely run afoul of state constitutional provisions prohibiting special legislation. 436. Lest it be thought that an argument based the nobility clause is far-fetched, it should be noted that the nobility clause has been revitalized by recent scholarship applying it to issues of affirmative action and political activity. See, e.g., Lobsenz, J.E., Bakke, Lochner, and law school: The nobility clause versus a republican form of medicine, 32 Me. L. Rev. 1 (1980) and Eisgruber, C.L., Political limits and the powers of government, 44 UCLA L. Rev. 1297 (1994). 437. King, A.E., Solomon revisited: Assigning parenthood in the context of collaborative reproduction, 5 UCLA Women’s L.J. 329 (1995). 438. See, e.g., Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-204 (1995). 439. See, e.g., In re Baby M., 537 A.2d 1227 (N.J. 1988). 440. See, Andrews, L.B., N.R. Elster, Legal issues in fertility management, in Infertility in the Male, 3rd ed., L.I. Lipshultz, S.S. Howards (eds.), St. Louis: Mosby Year Book, 1997, 476-484, 477. 441. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 742.14 (West Supp. 1997); N.D. Cent. Code § 14-18-04 (Michie 1991); Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 10 § 555 (West Supp. 1997); Texas Family Code § 151.102 (1996); Va. Code Ann. § 20-158 (Michie 1995). 442. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 25-218 (1991); Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-201 (Michie 1993); D.C. Code Ann. § 16-401 et seq. (Supp. 1996); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 63.212, 742.15 (West 1985 and Supp. 1997); Ind. Code Ann. § 31-8-2-1 (West Supp. 1996); Iowa Code Ann. § 710.11 (West 1993); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 199.590 (Michie 1995); La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 9:2713 (West 1991); Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 722.851 et seq. (West 1993); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-21-200 (1989); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 126.045 (Michie Supp. 1995); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 168-B:16 (1994); N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 121 et seq. (McKinney Supp. 1997); N.D. Cent. Code § 14-18-05 (1991); Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-102146 (1996); Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-204 (1995); Va. Code Ann. § 20-160 (Michie 1995); Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 26.26.210 et seq. (West Supp. 19976); W. Va. Code § 48-4-16 (1996); Wisc. Stat. Ann. § 69.14(h) (West 1990); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-1-410(d) (1997). 443. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 25-218 (1991); Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-201 (Michie 1993); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 742.16 (West Supp. 1997); Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 126.045 (Michie 1995);
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