Norm Coleman to vote against embryonic stem cell bill

Posted at 4:48 PM on July 12, 2006 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

Fred Frommer with the Associated Press reports that Norm Coleman will vote against a bill that would expand funding for embryonic stem cell research. Frommer reports that Coleman will vote for a different bill instead. That bill encourages stem cell research but doesn't call for the destruction of embryos.

Comments (1)

Coleman's position is based on political positioning, rather than honest moral analysis. Introducing the DNA from somatic cells into evacuated eggs that have not been fertilized and are not allowed to develop into embryos does not equate to abortion. Additionally, scientific research is always most fruitful when common goals are pursued along multiple lines of research. Adult stem cells hold promise, but keys to understanding them and working with them may be discovered while doing research on the truest of stem cells, embryonic ones. In other words, applying what we learn about stem cells from embryonic stem cells to adult stem cells may serve to free us from using embryonic cells down the road.....it is foolish to close that door. It is interesting that Jessie Helms and Paul Wellstone were able to see eye to eye on going ahead with embryonic stem cell research, but Coleman is more interested in politics. Shame on him.

Posted by glenn merrick | July 18, 2006 12:06 PM

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