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Originally Posted by magictoy
Not according to George Stephanopoulos and Jim Caviezel.
Yes, you would be well advised to attempt a subject change.
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Magic. I wonder if you or Squirt have you read the MO initiative?
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2. To ensure that Missouri patients have access to stem cell therapies and cures, that Missouri researchers can conduct stem cell research in the state, and that all such research is conducted safely and ethically, any stem cell research permitted under federal law may be conducted in Missouri, and any stem cell therapies and cures permitted under federal law may be provided to patients in Missouri, subject to the requirements of federal law and only the following additional limitations and requirements:
(1) No person may clone or attempt to clone a human being.
(2) No human blastocyst may be produced by fertilization solely for the purpose of stem cell research.
(3) No stem cells may be taken from a human blastocyst more than fourteen days after cell division begins; provided, however, that time during which a blastocyst is frozen does not count against the fourteen-day limit.
(4) No person may, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell human blastocysts or eggs for stem cell research or stem cell therapies and cures....
full text: http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2006...ppStemCell.asp
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I am sure we can find competing analyses of the MO initiative, but the fact is that Fox said in a later interview that he knew it was limited only to stem cell research that complies with federal laws and that is why it is important for MO to have a senator that supported the bill that the majority of Congress (and the American people) wanted.