The Stem Cell Debate
Breaking the Political Impasse

Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005

PRESS RELEASES & NEWS

A group of leading scientists and ethicists has developed a proposal to create pluripotent stem cells without destroying human embryos, in the hope of breaking the current political stalemate over embryo research and moving the country forward in a way all citizens can embrace. The proposal has been spearheaded by Robert P. George, a member of the EPPC board and the President's Council on Bioethics, and Dr. Markus Grompe, a leading stem cell scientist.

• Click here to read the joint statement and the names of the 35 scientists and ethicists who endorsed it: Production of Pluripotent Stem Cells by Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming.
   
• Click here to read the related Wall Street Journal op-ed by Professor George and Dr. Grompe: Creative Science Will Resolve Stem-Cell Issues.
   
• For more background, click here to read the EPPC press release: A Possible Method of Producing Embryonic-Type Stem Cells May Break Political Impasse.

Related Links
• White Paper - “Alternative Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells” (President’s Council on Bioethics)
• “Stem Cell Advances May Make Moral Issue Moot” (Rick Weiss, The Washington Post, June 6, 2005)
• The Embryo Question I - “Acorns and Embryos” (Robert P. George and Patrick Lee, The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)
• The Embryo Question II - “The Tragedy of Equality” (Eric Cohen, The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)
• The Embryo Question IIIa - “Human Frailty and Human Dignity” (Leon Kass, The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)
• The Embryo Question IIIb - “The Crisis of Everyday Life” (Yuval Levin, The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)
• The Embryo Question IIIc - “In What Sense Equal?” (Amy Laura Hall, The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)