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A Marin radio talk show host attacked President Bush's opposition to stem cell research, saying Bush and others fighting Proposition 71 on the state's Nov. 2 ballot "are intentionally misleading people who aren't well-informed" on the issue.
"Bush is pandering to people who are less informed, and who respond to him because they see it as a religious issue," said Peter B. Collins, host of syndicated All American Talk Radio, which has offices in San Rafael. "He frames it in terms that parallel the debate over abortion rights."
Collins says Bush "leaves the inference that an embryo is morally equivalent to a fetus, intentionally misleading people who aren't well-informed."
But the debate over Prop. 71 does not break down into camps, such as the religious right versus the liberal left, or Republican versus Democrat. Some local scientists who otherwise back stem cell research say they have strong concerns about the measure.
Marin bioethicist Alan Miller, a member of ProChoice Alliance Against Prop. 71, a coalition of scientists and medical experts, says the California ballot measure lacks strong enough ethical protections...
"Bush is pandering to people who are less informed, and who respond to him because they see it as a religious issue," said Peter B. Collins, host of syndicated All American Talk Radio, which has offices in San Rafael. "He frames it in terms that parallel the debate over abortion rights."
Collins says Bush "leaves the inference that an embryo is morally equivalent to a fetus, intentionally misleading people who aren't well-informed."
But the debate over Prop. 71 does not break down into camps, such as the religious right versus the liberal left, or Republican versus Democrat. Some local scientists who otherwise back stem cell research say they have strong concerns about the measure.
Marin bioethicist Alan Miller, a member of ProChoice Alliance Against Prop. 71, a coalition of scientists and medical experts, says the California ballot measure lacks strong enough ethical protections...