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A liberal California think-tank and an alliance of pro-choice women groups have joined with evangelic Christians and the Roman Catholic Church to oppose a ballot proposition that would provide $3 billion for stem cell research in California.
Proposition 71 would create nearly $300 million in annual funding each year for 10 years to fund stem cell research in California. The measure comes in the face of Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for the research, which many believe will lead to new cures for spinal cord injuries, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and a wide range of other maladies.
But the Oakland-based nonprofit Center for Genetics and Society and a group called the Pro-Choice Alliance against Prop. 71 -- both of which voice support for stem cell research -- blasted Prop. 71 as fiscally irresponsible and missing adequate scientific, medical and ethical controls over the research.
"We want to see embryonic stem cell research pursued and expanded and would like to see it federally funded and think that Bush's restrictions are wrong," said Marcy Darnovsky, associate executive director for the Center for...
Proposition 71 would create nearly $300 million in annual funding each year for 10 years to fund stem cell research in California. The measure comes in the face of Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for the research, which many believe will lead to new cures for spinal cord injuries, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and a wide range of other maladies.
But the Oakland-based nonprofit Center for Genetics and Society and a group called the Pro-Choice Alliance against Prop. 71 -- both of which voice support for stem cell research -- blasted Prop. 71 as fiscally irresponsible and missing adequate scientific, medical and ethical controls over the research.
"We want to see embryonic stem cell research pursued and expanded and would like to see it federally funded and think that Bush's restrictions are wrong," said Marcy Darnovsky, associate executive director for the Center for...