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it passed Senate committee - apparently not a done deal yet Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:10 AM To: "parkinsn" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Personhood > I understand this bill passed the Senate, now it goes to House > Ray > > Individual States Ready to Revoke The Stem Cell Ban Reversal? > March 11, 2009 > US (ChattahBox) - While there has been a collective cheer within the > medical researcher community for President Obama's reversal of the stem > cell ban put in place by George W. Bush, there is some worry that > individual states may choose to revoke the decision. > > The fear for limitations is currently being focused on Georgia, where a > new bill that would label an embryo as a person is set to go before the > Senate for an official vote. If passed, it could greatly influence the > future of stem cell research in all states, not only the one where the > bill originated. > > While it isn't clear if the bill will reach the Senate as of yet, there is > a projected 85% chance of it getting there, although most don't believe it > will have as a great a chance of passing. > > "If you shuck the corn and get down to what this bill really does, you're > defining when life starts," E. Culver Kidd, a medical lobbyist, said in a > recent statement. > > Some have even gone so far as to say that Bill 169 would embarrass the > state of Georgia, and set Pro-Life activism back, with their back-door > attempt to redefine a complicated issue that has been debated for decades. > "I'm concerned that Georgia is putting politics ahead of science. We'll > send an unmistakable message that Georgia is an anti-science state," Sen. > David Adelman (D-Georgia) commented about the bill. > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn