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November 21, 2007
harkin wants to destroy more embryos
Finally the rest of the country is catching up with what many informed people already knew; there's no need for federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The New York Times had a big splash on the development this week and it has caught a lot of the people in the party of death by surprise. Tom Harkin isn't going to let a little thing like a scientific breakthrough get in the way of destroying embryos.
'Our top researchers recognize that this new development does not mean that we should discontinue studying embryonic stem cells,' he said in a written statement. 'Scientists may yet find that embryonic stem cells are more powerful. We need to continue to pursue all alternatives as we search for treatments for diabetes, Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries.'This is not really surprising coming from Harkin. He's put a lot of work into crafting legislation that would increase funding for embryonic stem cell research. This has been a popular issue for Democrats and now that the cat is out of the bag they can't talk about it anymore. Politicians (mostly Democrats) have made a series of absurd statements about stem cell research the past few years. There haven't been any miracle cures and there's a great deal of skepticism about whether anything will ever come from the research. At least whatever research that follows now will not have the cloud of controversy following it around.
Posted by nemov at November 21, 2007 4:27 PM
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