Stem Cell California Style

Does California understand their role in this society? Honestly folks (Read this):

Human embryonic stem cells are created in the first days after conception and give rise to organs and specialized tissues in the body. Scientists hope someday to use stem cells to replace diseased tissue, but many social conservatives, including President Bush, oppose the work because human embryos are destroyed during research.

When voters approved Proposition 71 in November 2004, creating the institute, stem cell scientists anticipated new traction to a field hamstrung by federal limitations on funding.

The Bush administration caps the federal funding at about $25 million annually and has imposed strict research guidelines that scientists say limit advances.

Proposition 71 authorized the institute to dole out an average of $300 million in research grants each year over the next 10 years. But 15 months later, the agency has yet to hand out a dime because of its legal troubles.

The people of California need to learn to follow the rules of the law that each of the other states do. Stem cell has the potential to be an exciting new science but there needs to be a check on those who yield this amazing power. Limits are not the end of the science but they place a level of respect and obligation upon those who are yielding it.