California Proposition 71 | 2004
In 2001 the Bush administration authorized federal funding for embryonic stem cell research using existing stem cell lines. In 2003 supporters of expanded stem cell research gathered enough signatures to put the "California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act" on the November 2004 ballot.November 2004 | Proposition 71 seeks to raise $3 billion for stem cell research in California. If approved, the measure would authorize state bonds to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The Institute would provide funding to California stem cell researchers at universities, medical schools, hospitals and research facilities.
US law currently prohibits federal funds from being used on research that involves newly derived embryonic stem-cell lines. Private funds, however, are exempt from such restrictions. In addition, individual states are free make their own decisions regarding funding biomedical research which may include stem cells.
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Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies
University of California : http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/htProp71StemCell.html |
Center: http://www.genetics-and-society.org/policies/california/assessment.html |
Gold Rush: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,65588,00.html |
Initiative: http://www.curesforcalifornia.com/ |
Pro Choice
We support embryonic stem cell research.
Opposition: http://www.allianceagainstprop71.org/people.html |
But Prop 71 is dangerously flawed.: http://www.allianceagainstprop71.org/ |
Smart Voter: http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/ca/state/prop/71/ |