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Stem Cell Research Moves Forward in Massachusetts

June 1, 2005

Stem cell research is undeniably popular with the majority of the American electorate, and politicians will ignore that reality to their peril. Governor Mitt Romney felt the wrath of his legislature, as they overrode his veto of a bill designed to make Massachusetts at the forefront of embryonic stem cell research.

Under previous state law, scientists who wanted to conduct embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts needed the approval of the local district attorney. The new law seeks to expand stem cell research by removing that requirement but giving the state Health Department some regulatory controls.

The Republican governor vetoed the bill last week because it allows the cloning of human embryos for use in stem cell experiments — a practice Romney said amounts to creating life in order to destroy it.

After California passed a stem cell research bill last year, it appears that other states want onboard. President Bush would do well to heed what just happened to Mitt Romney, because it could also happen to him.

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