Editorial | The Stem-Cell Veto

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2007

President Bush is not listening, so states should go their own ways and not listen to him.

On Wednesday, Bush vetoed the second bill within a year to ease restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research that destroys the embryo.

Congress won't override. The Senate might have enough votes, but the House doesn't. Still, Senate leaders should drum up a resounding response to remind the president that his stance is deaf to public sentiment, scientific consensus, and the suffering of people with incurable neurologic diseases and disorders.

And then? The states should thumb their noses at a policy designed to serve, not all the people, but only a favored coterie.

New Jerseyans...