From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (via DSCC Communications Director Phil Singer):
Question of the Day for Rick Santorum: Can Stem Cell Research Cure Hypocrisy?Good lord. Somebody fill a syringe with shame and squirt it into this guy’s mouth immediately.
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SANTORUM HAS CLEARLY STATED HIS OPPOSITION TO STEM CELL RESEARCH: Following the House of Representatives voting to expand stem cell research, Santorum issued a statement saying he was “disheartened” and that he does not “support taxpayer funding for scientific research that involves the destruction of human embryos or that is based on the prior destruction of human life.” Santorum also said he was “pleased to hear that President Bush has vowed to veto the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005.” [Press Release, Office of Sen. Santorum, 5/24/05]
SANTORUM EVEN INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO LIMIT STEM CELL RESEARCH: In January 2003, Santorum co-sponsored legislation that would have imposed severe restrictions on stem cell research. This legislation was applauded by conservatives because it would take more steps in preventing human cloning. Opponents of the bill, including the Christopher Reeve Paralysis foundation, American Diabetes Association and the National Organization for Women believed that the bill goes too far in limiting stem-cell research. [Anchorage Daily News, 5/17/03; S.245, 1/29/03]
YET SANTORUM HAS TAKEN $55,000 IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMPANIES THAT CARRY OUT STEM CELL RESEARCH: Since 1998, Rick Santorum has accepted a total of $55,500 in campaign contributions from political action committees tied to six separate companies that conduct stem cell research. The six companies are: Becton Dickenson, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, & Pfizer. [www.crp.org; Biotechnology Industry Organization; Wall Street Journal, 4/12/05; Bioworld Today, 10/14/04]
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