Oklahoma House passes bill banning embryonic stem cell research

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: March 18, 2011

With just a handful of Democrats opposing, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure Thursday that would prohibit embryonic stem cell research in Oklahoma .

“We value life here in Oklahoma,” said the bill’s author, Rep. George Faught, R-Muskogee . “While we in no way dispute the fact that the ability to treat or heal suffering persons is a great good, we also recognize that not all metho...


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