Whoa Thar Little Stem Cells. Stop Tryin' to Leave the Dang State!

Texas needs stem cell policy, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, likely candidate for governor of Texas, is pushing to save Texas from stem cell obscurity. It is difficult to imagine that the state - dominated by conservative protestants and Catholics - would ever embrace any serious stem cell research plan that includes embryonic cells. Hey ... they execute lots of disabled people in Texas. If that passes must with the Texas pro-life constituency, maybe they'll go for Hurlbut's "kill a disabled embryo" approach! Or maybe not, pardner. Not in Crawford. [thanks Arthur Caplan]