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| The Crossroads of America?by Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesApril 13th, 2007The state of Indiana has apologized for its role in the eugenics movement. As a native of Indiana, where I spent my first twenty years, the story was already close to home. But when I saw the photo of Jamie Coleman (above), a woman present at the marker commemoration who'd been sterilized in 1971, it moved even closer. |
| Prisons: Rehabilitation or Repository?by Osagie K. Obasogie, Biopolitical TimesMarch 15th, 2007On the heels of the IOM's suggestion to relax restrictions on using prisoners in clinical trials, South Carolina is looking to push the envelope a bit further: incentivizing prisoners to "donate" organs by skimming 180 days off their sentence. |
| Illinois bill to fund stem cell researchby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesMarch 7th, 2007Public funding of stem cell research in Illinois - already the practice due to executive orders - is about to become enshrined in law. |
| A Penny on the Dollarby Chris Thompson, East Bay ExpressJanuary 24th, 2007"The more details emerge about Proposition 71, California's $3 billion stem-cell research project, the more it all looks like a big lie that will cost us billions of dollars more than we were told." |
| Stem Cell Reality Checkby Malcolm Maclachlan, Capitol WeeklyJanuary 23rd, 2007A University of California Berkeley economics professor has done an analysis of the financial returns likely to come to California from stem cell research--and he said they will likely be a small fraction of what proponents" say. |
| The Empire State stem cell proposalby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 18th, 2007While last week's passage of the stem cell research bill by the House of Representatives made a big splash, it's really almost a non-event. The real stem cell funding news was in Albany. There, New York's new governor is proposing that some serious public money back embryonic stem cell research. But the proposal may not be what first meets the eye. |
| Cloning fight launchedby Kit Wagar, Kansas City StarDecember 20th, 2006"Surrounded by boisterous supporters, state Sen. Matt Bartle and Rep. Jim Lembke unveiled their proposal Tuesday to reverse last month’s public vote to protect stem-cell research in Missouri." |
| Rich Donors Help Calif. Fund Stem Cell Researchby Sonya Geis, Washington PostDecember 19th, 2006"Two years after California voters passed a landmark $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research, not a single bond has been sold and not a penny of bond money has been spent. The fund is caught up in court challenges." |
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