Hatch is confident of stem cell bill passage

The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | November, 24, 2006 | Robert Gehrke

[Lexinom]

"...that the voters want embryonic stem cell research passed."

Sure, because the voters are not educated enough to know that embryonic stem cell research, despite much work, has yet to yield any results. Adult (incl. umbilical cord) stem cell research, by contrast, has yielded 72 treatments.

On top of all that, Adut (incl. umbilical cord) stem cell research does not necessitate the destruction of nascent human life. Embryonic stem cell research - the one that doesn't work that voters supposedly want - does.

Kudos to the mainstream media. They have succeeded.

[syriacus]

It could be that adult stem cells have been used longer

There've been 25 years of mammalian embryonic stem cell research

[RightWhale]

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., . . . "I think the election really sent a message to Washington that the voters want embryonic stem cell research passed," she said.

Yeah, it was on the list. #527. Right there. Mandate.

[Torie]

I assume you caught Barone's latest thoughts about the latest permutation of the current nexus between politics and abortion.

[jwalsh07]

Thanks for the link. If SD had an exception for rape and incest, the ban passes. Overreach = failure. A ban excluding rape and incest would have given momentum to the pro life said. We discussed that some time ago and both agreed that the idea was politically wrong headed.

< 1% of abortions carried the day. You know my position, I know yours. We remain friends because, as you so ably once said, discourse in the public square tends to dampen the culture war while judicial edicts from above fuel the fire.

The abortion issue remains a great big dividing line.