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Greg Ganske: And would the gentleman say that the reason for that is that his bill is focusing primarily on the initial creation of…

On the recordJuly 31, 2001
And would the gentleman say that the reason for that is that his bill is focusing primarily on the initial creation of this blastocyst or the equivalent of a fertilized egg and the problems that that would have because we would be basically creating an embryo for research?
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Greg Ganske
Republican · Iowa

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Questioning the implications of a bill related to embryonic research.

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