Stem Cell Institute Gets Green Light

As mentioned before, after we passed an initiative funding a stem cell research institute out here, it immediately came under a barrage of lawsuits with the transparent objective of pushing the "every sperm is a potential life" agenda. Thankfully, maybe we can put that behind us and make some progress.

California's novel, $3-billion (U.S.) stem cell research institute is a legitimate state agency, and two lawsuits challenging its constitutionality have no merit, a state judge ruled Friday.

The ruling came a month after a four-day trial in which lawyers with connections to anti-abortion groups claimed the country's most ambitious stem cell research agency violated California law because it wasn't a true state agency and its managers had a host of conflicts of interest.

Score one more for reason, science, and people over ideology.