Policy: Embryonic Stem Cell Bill Reintroduced in US Senate |
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Editors published 2/27/2009 10:30:00 AM
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Senators Tom Harkin, (D) Iowa, and Arlen Specter, (R) Pennsylvania, reintroduced a Senate bill that would allow federal financing for human embryonic stem-cell research, in anticipation of President Obama’s support.
The same bill was approved by both houses of Congress in 2007, then vetoed by President Bush.
As Jessica Coomes notes in Arlen Specter pushing for stem cell research, "would expand research of controversial stem cells taken from human embryos".
"This legislation is necessary to codify this important policy change so that it does not ping-pong back and forth with each successive president," Specter said today in a statement.
Proponents say the stem cells can transform into other types of cells, which could be useful for treating diseases including Parkinson's and diabetes.
Critics say scientists should not take a life for research.
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