Senate votes to authorize stem cell research

BODIES A BILL TO ALLOW EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AT U-N-M FLIES THROUGH THE STATE SENATE STUART DYSON IS LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITOL WHERE THE CONTROVERSIAL BILL IS HALFWAY TO HITTING THE LAW- BOOKS STU THE BILL - DEEPLY OPPOSED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - PASSED BY A TWO-TO-ONE MARGIN IN THE SENATE IT ONLY AUTHORIZES THE USE OF EMBRYOS ABOUT TO BE DISCARDED BY FERTILITY CLINICS - SOME RIGHT-TO-LIFE OPPONENTS STILL CALL IT MURDER - OTHERS IN THE MOVEMENT SAY NOT SO The truth is the truth - this is not a bill that creates life in order to destroy it - the life is already there - the embryos are there MANY SCIENTISTS SAY THE RESEARCH COULD UNLOCK CURES FOR DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER S - PARKINSON S - DIABETES - AND MANY TYPES OF CANCER THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - GOVERNOR RICHARDSON STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE BILL AND SAYS HE WILL SIGN IT IF IT GETS TO HIS DESK AT THE CAPITOL STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR