Is Bush stem cell veto looming?
Is Bush stem cell veto looming?
Today and Tuesday the Senate will be debating and voting on three bills related to stem cell research. President Bush has promised to exercise his first veto to stop one of the bills, which would allow federally sponsored researchers to to work on stem cells derived from embryos that were created for in vitro fertilization but that will never be implanted and will eventually be destroyed.
The president supports the other two bills. One promotes research to discover alternative sources of stem cells that does not require the destruction of embryos. The other bans “fetus farming,” the practice of acquiring tissue from a woman who became pregnant for the purpose of creating fetal tissue for research. This bills do not face serious opposition. Most scientists are happy to also pursue alternative means of obtaining stem cells and have no interest in having women become pregnant to produce stem cells for research.
An excellent news story on this week’s activities accompanied by useful background information the legislation and the history of the debate can be found on the National Public Radio website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5559077
A news story on the political maneuvering and strategy of Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) can be found in today’s Wall Street Journal, which is available online for subscribers only.
Today and Tuesday the Senate will be debating and voting on three bills related to stem cell research. President Bush has promised to exercise his first veto to stop one of the bills, which would allow federally sponsored researchers to to work on stem cells derived from embryos that were created for in vitro fertilization but that will never be implanted and will eventually be destroyed.
The president supports the other two bills. One promotes research to discover alternative sources of stem cells that does not require the destruction of embryos. The other bans “fetus farming,” the practice of acquiring tissue from a woman who became pregnant for the purpose of creating fetal tissue for research. This bills do not face serious opposition. Most scientists are happy to also pursue alternative means of obtaining stem cells and have no interest in having women become pregnant to produce stem cells for research.
An excellent news story on this week’s activities accompanied by useful background information the legislation and the history of the debate can be found on the National Public Radio website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5559077
A news story on the political maneuvering and strategy of Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) can be found in today’s Wall Street Journal, which is available online for subscribers only.
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