[extropy-chat] Three-quarters of N. American's support stemcellresearch

[Brett Paatsch]

"Reason" writes:

> --> J. Andrew Rogers
> 
> > It isn't like the government is banning research, they simply
> > aren't allowing federal money to be spent on it.  There is a 
> > hell of a lot of private research money, most of which is far
> > better spent anyway.
> 
> It is annoying that people make this argument while ignoring
> the effects of  government policy - existing and threatened 
> - on private funding. In case you hadn't noticed, the threat of
> a complete ban on therapeutic cloning and stem cell research
> has been hovvering close over the industry in the US for
> the past two years. The same or worse goes for Europe.
> Substantial private funding just doesn't happen under those
> circumstances - the risk is too great.

Good thread. Important topic. But I think the surface is still only
getting scratched here.  I'd like to see both  J. Andrew Rogers
and Reason develop their respective cases if they can.

Regards,
Brett Paatsch