] Californians to Vote on Stem Cell Research Funds
]
] LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 - The federal government spent $25
] million last year on studies involving human embryonic
] stem cells. But California, in an act of political and
] scientific rebellion against limits on stem cell research
] imposed by the Bush White House, may be on the verge of
] spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years
] on such research.
]
] A coalition of Hollywood producers and actors, technology
] billionaires, scientists, patient advocates and business
] organizations - including Michael J. Fox and Bill Gates -
] has marshaled emotion, scientific argument and money to
] underwrite a state ballot proposal that would let
] Californians make the decision. The initiative on the
] Nov. 2 ballot, known as Proposition 71, would authorize
] the state to issue $3 billion in bonds to pay for a range
] of stem cell research. This promising but ethically
] controversial field of biomedical research is now
] severely limited by the Bush administration's policy
] restricting public money for research on embryonic stem
] cells.

Way to go, California. Opposed to the technology or not, the United States must be on the cusp of new technology in order to remain an active World Power. Furthering agendas to suppress and regress technology will not enable us to keep our footing in the medical intelligence trades, something we desperately need to do with the state of healthcare and gynocology in this country.