After California, it is New Jersey that has become the second U.S. state to legalize embryonic stem-cell research, giving a blow to anti-abortion advocates among which Roman Catholic were most prominent, since, it requires human embryos destruction. Moreover, legalization of this stem cell research work has also approved $270 million.
As all we know that legalization of stem cell research had to pass through many fits and starts. That is the reason why advocates of stem cell research are considering it as a huge victory for them.
Moreover, we must not forget that stem cell research is the need of the hour and nations who are not giving it a priority it requires will see its real power very soon and repent. Recently, news stating that researchers in UK are much worried, since government of UK is not paying adequate heed to their stem cell research work, has worried stem cell advocates all round the world. But this move by New Jersey is really going to sooth those people who are enthusiastic about this stem cell research work.
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Via: NY Times
