Judge Says Calif. Stem Cell Agency Legal

[NVMojo]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California's novel, $3 billion stem cell research institute is a legitimate state agency and two lawsuits challenging its constitutionality have no merit, a state judge ruled Friday.

The ruling came a month after a four-day trial in which lawyers with connections to anti-abortion groups claimed the country's most ambitious stem cell research agency violated California law because it wasn't a true state agency and its managers had a host of conflicts of interest.

But Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Lewman Sabraw handed the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine an unambiguous victory, writing that the lawsuits failed to show the voter-approved law that created the agency in 2004 "is clearly, positively and unmistakably unconstitutional."

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/apr/21/042107713.html

[pinto]

1. Yo! A victory for medical research and new treatment options.

Last line of the brief release:

Lewman's ruling becomes official in 10 days unless the losing attorneys come up with new and dramatically different arguments.

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[tandot]

2. Another win for science and thinking, rational people. Yeah!

Another proof that anti-abortion groups are actually anti-life. Why else would they be against something that could save hundreds of thousands of lives some day?

[NVMojo]

4. these fundies are not really pro-life, are they?

[caligirl]

3. YEAH! The Sabraws are a local family. My sons have both

taken classes from the daughter of this judge. She is a fantastic teacher, very respected judge. YAHOO!!! from a proud parent of a kid with diabetes.


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[tandot]

5. I hope so much that this will lead to a cure for diabetes and other

illnesses and diseases. Best wishes to you and your kid, caligirl