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...kinds of possible genetic engineering in humans." Although the California measure would initially limit research to embryos less than 12 days old, Doerflinger contends it could lead to "the exploitation of women as 'fetus farms.'" Such arguments have persuaded eight states, including Iowa, Michigan and Kansas, to restrict therapeutic-cloning research. More dramatically, the U.S. House passed legislation last year that would make cloning human cells a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The bill stalled in the Senate, in part because of opposition from Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, who is antiabortion yet favors stem-cell research...
...little cleaner, regardless of gender. Opponents also argue that a change in accessibility would increase the risk of women being harassed by men in the bathroom. But it is difficult to see what the serious issue of harassment on campus has to do with signs on bathroom doors that restrict basic freedoms from members of the community...
...because they’re such a tech-savvy community, Penn and Princeton have similar guidelines, and even Yale has an ambiguous but not clearly prohibitive policy. And each is tailored to solve specific problems those universities see arising in the future: Princeton, for example, reserves the right to restrict student installations in any area once their own wireless devices are eventually installed there...
...problem of malpractice is not only a medical dilemma, Boyle claimed, but a political one. He said caps restricting compensation for pain-and-suffering and medical bills are a political tool—they not only restrict the rights of the elderly and children, but also are ineffective in regulating premiums...
...institute will rely on private donations rather than government grants in order to avoid regulations, imposed by President Bush’s administration, which restrict human embryonic stem cell research to previously existing stem cell lines...