[Mb-civic] Frist Again at the Center of Stem Cell Fight - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Frist Again at the Center of Stem Cell Fight
As Senate Vote Looms, Surgeon Shies Away From Advocacy He Expressed in 2001

By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page A05

On July 18, 2001, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) stood on the Senate floor 
urging his colleagues to buck conservative orthodoxy and support 
federally funded research on embryonic stem cells. As the Senate's only 
physician, Frist made headlines -- and gave momentum to the 
controversial science -- with his endorsement.

The following month, however, President Bush announced a policy that was 
far more restrictive, limiting federal research to already existing 
embryonic stem cells, and Frist acquiesced.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070200975.html?nav=hcmodule
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