Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Culture trays containing human embryonic stem cells/Jeff Miller

By Todd Zwillich

Salt Lake City – The Senate voted Tuesday to greatly expand funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote is a direct challenge to President Bush, who ordered restricted funding in 2001 because the research destroys human embryos. But both of Utah's pro-life senators voted for the bill. Todd Zwillich reports from our Capitol Hill bureau:

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