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Stem cell editorial criticized

Published: February 1, 2010

Dear Editor

The Jan. 18 editorial “Roadblocks to Research Are Deplorable” was noteworthy for its patronizing, sneering tone toward those residents of our state who do not believe that anything that is legal and pragmatic must therefore be ethical. The writer characterizes as fiction and myth what many people hold as a matter of ethical, philosophical and/or religious conviction regarding the immorality of embryonic stem cell research. These people include many physicians, geneticists, researchers and plenty of others who are far from club-wielding cave dwellers.

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