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DEL.ICIO.USThe Legislature is there to keep our science on the straight-and-narrow
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Earlier this month, University of Georgia researcher Steve Stice came to the state Capitol to give lawmakers a lecture on embryonic stem cell research.
This is the guy who’s been working with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson to work past the objections of conservatives, some of whom equate the research to abortions — because the days-old embryos are killed in the process.
On Monday, Cecil Staton (R-Macon), chairman of the Senate science and technology committee and a stalwart right-to-lifer, issued an invitation to an alternative view at a Tuesday committee hearing.
Staton first advised colleagues to review Stice’s presentation on the Internet. Then he added a gentle needle: “It is my intention that we hear from more experts for a complete and accurate picture of the state of stem cell research.”
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By Sarah
February 20, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this
Why do Republicans hate science so much?
I think the next time Cecil Staton (R-Naturally) gets sick, he should just pray to get better instead of reaching for the medicine that science created.
Idiots.