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The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

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Lois Capps
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
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Wisconsin
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Each year thousands of embryos, no bigger than the head of a pin, are created in the process of in vitro fertilization, with the support of Congress, by the way.
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