Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Bush to veto stem cell research bill

Bush would veto stem cell research bill (AP)

The early morning sun lights up the sky behind the US Capitol in Washington. The Democratic-controlled Senate is ready to approve US funding for hotly contested embryonic stem-cell research this week -- and hand President George W. Bush a new opportunity to veto the bill.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AP - President Bush will again veto a bill to subsidize stem cell research using human embryos, but would sign an alternative that permits public funding for studies on embryos incapable of developing into fetuses, the White House said Tuesday.


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