U. S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s smart and courageous stance on embryonic stem-cell research should embolden more Wisconsin state lawmakers – especially Republicans – to support scientific advances.
Frist, R-Tenn., recently threw his support behind a House bill to expand federal funding for research on stem cells. The bill would only affect stem cells taken from embryos created in fertility clinics for reproduction, but which aren’t used and would probably be discarded. He also asked for a comprehensive system of ethical oversight.
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