michigan politics news
- Messing with Mikey March 10, 2010
- Essay: The failure of term limits March 10, 2010
- Jack Lessenberry: Trolling for a governor: A shortlist of gubernatorial contenders March 10, 2010
- Doug Selby: Green home rises from the ashes in Saline March 10, 2010
- Survey says government should boost school spending March 10, 2010
michigan politics blogs
- Snyder campaign files amended campaign complaint over education fund March 10, 2010
- New polling shows GOP guv’s race shifting, Dem race in neutral March 10, 2010
- The middle class and poor pay more in taxes than the richest 1 percent in Michigan March 10, 2010
- The Diary of Stuff: Wednesday gab barg March 10, 2010
- Robocalls hit Democratic primary for Gov. March 10, 2010
New Year, Same Old Senate
It is a new year, but State Senator Tom George (R-Kalamazoo) and the Senate Health Policy Committee are still trying to turn back the clock.
On November 4, 2008 over 2.5 million Michigan citizens voted to pass Proposal 2, lifting the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, giving hope to millions of people who could benefit from this vital research. On Wednesday January 20th, the Senate Health Policy Committee will try again to take that hope away.
The Senate Health Policy Committee is preparing to pass bills (SB 647-652) that would limit the promise of embryonic stem cell research, restricting the ability of citizens to donate embryos and placing unnecessary restrictions on our state’s top-rate researchers.
We need to keep the legislatures’ hands off our state’s world-renowned researchers and let them use stem cell research to make Michigan a national leader in critical bio-medical research that could unlock cures and treatments to diseases and illnesses like cancer, Parkinson’s, juvenile diabetes and Alzheimer’s.