Arlen Specter pushes stem cell research
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter is pushing legislation to expand stem cell research with the perspective of a man fighting a deadly illness. The Pennsylvania Republican has Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymph system, and is being treated with chemotherapy. He and two colleagues introduced a bill Thursday that would allow for what is often referred to as therapeutic cloning. Specter was joined at a news conference by Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a Republican, and Dianne Feinstein of California, a moderate Democrat. The three said their bill would make reproductive cloning, to produce a baby, a crime punishable by up to 10 years.
Posted by Editor at April 23, 2005 08:14 PM
