seems that reagan's death has had one benefit - the resumption of the stem cell research debate.
despite nancy reagan's strong support for said research, bush jr. says he's still opposed to it. why???
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/07/...l.ap/index.html Quote:
The senators' letter to Bush was sent Friday, before Reagan died after a long struggle with Alzheimer's.....
The letter was signed by 43 Democrats, the Senate's one independent and 14 Republicans, among them conservatives who oppose abortion. In April, 206 House members sent a similar letter to Bush. |
Quote:
Bush signed an executive order in August 2001 limiting federal research funding for stem cell research to 78 embryonic stem cell lines then in existence.
But the letter complains that only 19 of those lines are now available to researchers and those available are contaminated with mouse feeder cells which makes their use for humans uncertain. |
Jun 8, 2004, 12:52 pm
