The Reporters' Guide to the Stem Cell Vote

With a vote on stem cell research funding imminent in the Senate, terrified reporters from papers everywhere are ~~reading AP wire summaries~~ conducting research and gathering their materials for stories on what is happening, what is at stake and what comes next. The best summary of what is going on in the debate and impending vote was written by Al Tompkins for the Poynter Institute, "a Primer on the Stem Cell Debate," and it is a Cliffs Notes for the rest of us, with links to all of the predecessor bills, speeches, etc.

posted Jul 17, 2006 | link | jump to the comments (3)

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It would be nice if occasionally people distinguished two issues:
1) pro or con (or nuetral) regarding embryonic stem cell research
2) pro or con (or neutral) regarding public funding for embryonic stem cell research
There are a few of us, apparently too few to be of interest to partisan politicos (even those who call themselves bioethicists), who are pro SCR and con public funding of same.

- by bob koepp on Jul 18, 2006 at 12:57 PM | link

For a bit longer primer, see The Basics: Stem Cells and Public Policy, recently published by the Century Foundation.
http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=566

- by Jesse on Jul 18, 2006 at 3:35 PM | link

Seed magazine also has a nice quickie overview (with graphics!) for those with short attention spans: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2005/11/cribsheet_1_stem_cells.php

- by Sue Trinidad on Jul 19, 2006 at 12:42 AM | link

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