Maryland Senate Approves Stem Cell Research

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Maryland Senate Approves Stem Cell Research

By John Wagner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 9, 2006; 12:42 PM

The Maryland Senate this morning approved a bill that would allow the state to fund stem cell research, moving forward on legislation that died in the chamber a year ago amid a threatened filibuster.

The 29-18 vote followed an hour of impassioned debate from supporters who touted the promise the research holds for treatment of debilitating conditions and from opponents who voiced strong ethical objections to one form of the research that involves the destruction of human embryos.

The measure that the Senate approved is far less expansive than the version approved in the House of Delegates last week, and the differences may need be reconciled before the legislation moves to the governor's desk.

The House bill, for example, would mandate spending $25 million a year on the science, while the Senate version would leave it to future governors to propose how much to spend.

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