{"id":2700,"date":"2007-06-09T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/stem-cell-bill-timing.html"},"modified":"2007-06-09T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-09T14:05:00","slug":"stem-cell-bill-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/stem-cell-bill-timing.html","title":{"rendered":"Stem Cell Bill Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe they should just hang it up and let the market solve this problem.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2007\/juneweb-only\/123-51.0.html\">Obviously<\/a> the federal  government&#8217;s money isn&#8217;t needed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> When the U.S. House <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/01\/11\/AR2007011100251.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text\">passed<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/z?d110:s.00005:\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text\">Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act<\/a> in January, it did so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/01\/07\/AR2007010700674.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text\">amid news<\/a> that very week that amniotic stem cells &#8220;have many of the same traits as embryonic stem cells&#8221;-potentially making embryonic stem-cell research unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">This week, as the House again passed a similar version of the bill, scientists announced a similar breakthrough, this time using skin cells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">As Dave Weldon (R-Fla.), a physician, <a href=\"http:\/\/frwebgate.access.gpo.gov\/cgi-bin\/getpage.cgi?dbname=2007_record&amp;page=H6134&amp;position=all\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text\">said<\/a> on the House floor, &#8220;Science is going to move beyond this discussion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctimes.com\/articles\/2007\/06\/08\/news\/nation\/1_00_86_8_07.txt\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> the link to the skin cells story if you haven&#8217;t read it yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/stem+cells\" rel=\"tag\">stem cells<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe they should just hang it up and let the market solve this problem. 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