By REUTERS
Published: February 26, 2009
Two prominent supporters of stem-cell research said they had reintroduced a Senate bill that would allow federal financing for human embryonic stem-cell research, in anticipation of
President Obama’s support for the work. The advocates, Senators
Tom Harkin, left, Democrat of Iowa, and
Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said their measure would allow federal financing for research using
stem cells taken from human embryos left over from fertility treatments. “It is the same bill that both houses of Congress approved in 2007, but was vetoed by President Bush,” they said. Mr. Obama has promised to overturn Mr. Bush’s policy strictly limiting the use of federal money for such research.
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