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Updated: 6:13 PM Nov 20, 2009
NU Regents Fail to Approve Further Restrictions on Stem-Cell Research
Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska regents fail to approve further restrictions on stem-cell research.
Posted: 2:20 PM Nov 20, 2009Reporter: Terra Hall/Associated Press Email Address: Terra.Hall@1011now.com |
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The University of Nebraska's governing board has failed to further limit embryonic stem-cell research at the university.
The NU Board of Regents voted 4-4 Friday on a resolution that would have limited such research at the university system's facilities to existing stem-cell lines, as approved under former President George W. Bush.
There are only eight regents; a tie vote means the measure fails.
President Barack Obama removed government funding restrictions on new stem-cell lines earlier this year.
A state law passed last year already prohibits the use of state resources for creating or destroying embryos for research.
The regents voted on the resolution as follows:
Timothy Clare - Yes
Chuck Hassebrook - No
Howard Hawks - Yes
Bob Whitehouse - No
Jim McClurg, Ph.D. - No
Kent Schroeder, J.D. - No
Bob Phares - Yes
Randolph Ferlic M.D. - Yes
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Separation of church and state is one of the bedrock principles of our country. If you don't believe in it then don't do it. Don't try to tell everyone else how to run their lives. Your belief's are just that, YOURS and CANNOT be forced on others. I understand that religion is based on the socialist ideal (we are right and you will do what we want no matter what you believe) but this is the USA. If you don't like it, LEAVE.
lindsay - where do you get your facts? Why do you close your note with "way to go UNL?" The research in question is conducted at UNMC, not UNL.
I somehow fail to appreciate the "protect the vulnerable" argument, when the alternative is to take the already-created cells in question at fertility clinics WOULD BE SCRAPED OFF INTO THE TRASH ANYWAY (there's already a law prohibiting the creation of new cells just for research). So that's the choice here, Nebraska: use these genetic materials in an attempt to help chronically ill mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers OR tell those people "tough luck" and dump their potential cure into the trashcan. And what a way to "protect the vulnerable"--all the way to the landfill. (As an aside on the life/non-life issue: I guess I have never seen a Petri dish give birth...?) You've got to bring more than your religious beliefs to an argument if you expect to convince anyone of your position. Just because you believe it doesn't make you right... or very convincing.
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