What is the stem cell controversy all about?
By staff – Jul 11, 2006 – WASHINGTON (BP)—The United States Senate is expected to vote the week of July 17-21 on three bills regarding human embryo research, including a controversial measure that would fund destructive, stem cell experiments. Under an agreement approved June 29 without dissent, the Senate will consider the following, three-bill package: — The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H.R. 810, which was passed last year by the House of Representatives and would provide federal funds for stem cell research that destroys embryos created in fertility clinics; — The Fetus Farming Prohibition Act, S. 3504, which would bar the acceptance of tissue from an embryo implanted or developed in a woman or animal for research purposes; — The Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act, S. 2754, which would promote the development of embryo-like stem cells without creating or knowingly harming embryos. In preparation for the Senate’s consideration of the bills, here are so
