June 01, 2006

Stem Cell Legislation

Kevin Binversie has a great interview with State Rep. Steve Kestell about stem cell research and his bill that would ban human cloning. The most important item to take away is his bill wouldn't damage any potential stem cell industry:

4.) Would AB 499 have still allowed Wisconsin to become, as Governor Jim Doyle claims, ‘a stem cell leader?’ Or are Doyle’s concerns merited?

Jim Doyle has taken his lead from the UW and others by trying to confuse the public at ever turn. Jim Doyle is on record saying that he opposes human cloning and in the next breath claiming that AB499 would prevent stem cell research form continuing. This is a bold faced lie and I wish the media would call him on it. Many states and counties have banned human cloning while successfully pursuing research. Since nobody has successfully cloned a human embryo (Korea’s were a fake and done by parthenogenesis) and no Wisconsin researcher is currently trying to clone human embryos, this is a claim without merit. Last year the United Nations asked all nations to ban human cloning as inconsistent with the dignity of human life. Vetoing AB499 was a very undignified act.

"Kestell on AB 499 and Stem Cells"