Embryonic Stem Cells Key Issue in Wisconsin (and Missouri)

MADISON, Wis. -- From the back patio of his official residence here, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle can look across Lake Mendota to the campus of the University of Wisconsin and see a forest of construction cranes at the medical research complex and the new Institute of Discovery. Doyle calls the facilities "the epicenter of the world's work on embryonic stem cells."
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But Doyle faces a difficult campaign, after four contentious years in office, against U.S. Rep. Mark Green, a personable Republican...[who] has voted to ban work on cells donated by fertility clinics or created from embryos in medical labs.
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[In an anterview, Green said:] "I'm excited about stem cell research. But I don't believe we have to leave our moral compass behind in pursuing the promise of stem cell research."

But Doyle has called Green "a relentless opponent of stem cell research," pointing to eight votes in which he says Green "tried to ban or even criminalize proven methods of stem cell research."

Many are unaware that there is still such a thing as a "moral compass". Many are forsaking the natural moral law for a dream.