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Tom Harkin: “Sure, but why is 9 p.m. of August 9 the moral dividing line that Federal funds can be used on stem cell lines? Before…”

On the recordApril 10, 2007
Sure, but why is 9 p.m. of August 9 the moral dividing line that Federal funds can be used on stem cell lines? Before that it is moral, but after that it is immoral. I cannot understand that.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Questioning the moral implications of federal funding for stem cell research.

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