IOWA AND STEM CELLS: Braley/Ernst Race has National Impact

Posted: October 21, 2014 at 10:48 pm

IOWA AND STEM CELLS: Braley/Ernst Race has National Impact

By Don C. Reed

Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley strongly supports embryonic stem (ES) cell research.

For me, this isnt a Republican or Democratic issueits a personal one. My own nephew suffers from juvenile diabetes, and I stand with former First Lady Nancy Reagan in support of the research that might one day save his life.

http://braley.house.gov/...

His Republican rival, Joni Ernst, takes the opposite position. Ms. Ernst has sponsored personhood legislation which would give legal rights to fertilized eggs. This would almost certainly criminalize ES research, as well as threatening the existence of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedures, along with other perhaps unintended consequences.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Her partys platform is crystal clear: calling for a ban on all embryonic stem cell research, both public and private.

http://thinkprogress.org/...

Does this matter, in an Iowa Senatorial race?

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IOWA AND STEM CELLS: Braley/Ernst Race has National Impact

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