The argument over embryonic stem cell research has produced some strange bedfellows, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of law and bioethics said Tuesday at a panel discussion in Wausau.
Some within the feminist movement have made common cause with the pro-life movement, said R. Alta Charo, who previously served as a member of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission during the Clinton administration. This is because some types of embryonic stem cell research could involve taking eggs directly from women’s bodies, Charo said, an invasive process that they believe would exploit women.