Two Governors Fund Stem Cell Research

[deminks]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/politics/main1818040.shtml

AP) A day after President Bush vetoed expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the governors of Illinois and California each announced moves to make cash available for the research, which critics oppose because the process involves the destruction of human embryos.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday authorized a $150 million loan to fund the state's stem cell institute, which has been stalled by lawsuits.

Also Thursday, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, announced Thursday that he is diverting $5 million from the state budget for stem cell research, despite repeated objections from state legislators.

Last year Blagojevich used an executive order to spend $10 million for stem cell research, a move that caught many state lawmakers off guard. Illinois lawmakers have previously voted against stem cell research, and this spring they did not take up the governor's proposal for $100 million in funding over five years.

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Could someone, say, adopt an embryo and donate it to science? Possible?

[Catch22Dem]

1. Good for Ahnold...

Possibly 100% politically motivated, but don't look a gift horse...ya know?

[SoCalDem]

2. See..Bush still "wins"

STATE money is spent, instead of federal money :(