Last month, Tim Kaine the Governor of Virginia, signed into law a bill that prohibits the state from funding embryonic stem cell research . From the story :
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has signed a bill into law banning the use of some state funds for embryonic stem cell research. The move puts the DNC chairman at odds with President Obama, who signed an executive order earlier this month reversing the Bush administration’s ban on federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells. [Me: Media just can’t seem to get this right. Bush restricted federal funding, he did not ban it.] . . . .The governor signed another piece of legislation Monday aimed at promoting “science and technology-based” research and development in Virginia. It contains language inserted by the General Assembly that would prevent a state fund from providing dollars to organizations or businesses that undertake “research in Virginia on human cells or tissue derived from induced abortions or from stem cells obtained from human embryos.”
Kaine’s support for the legislation is not surprising: He is a staunch Catholic who has long opposed using taxpayer money for embryonic stem cell research. But the platform of the Democratic Party, now headed by Kaine at Obama’s behest, describes embryonic stem cell research as “research that could save lives.” . . . The bill signed Monday allows funding for non-embryonic types of research.
Where’s Madam House Speaker castigating the Governor of Virginia as imposing religion at the expense of science ? After all, Virginia’s law is far more stringent against embryonic stem cell research than the Bush policy ever was. Oh, that’s right. Silly me: Only Republicans can be anti-science.
