Jeremy
09-28-2002, 11:02 AM
Actor Reeve meets with McGreevey
TOM BALDWIN, Chief Political Writer September 28, 2002
Actor Christopher Reeve came home to Princeton yesterday to help Gov. Jim McGreevey duel with the federal government over stem-cell research that may free Reeve and millions of others from their wheelchairs.
"New Jersey is going to be leading the way," said Reeve, who lost virtually all mobility in a horseback accident in 1995.
"To hear the governor will already support the legislation is how we are going to get the job done," Reeve told reporters at Drumthwacket, the state's gubernatorial mansion.
McGreevey is stepping out in front to support legislation in New Jersey that enables stem-cell research despite objections from the Bush administration, the Catholic Church and right-wing Republicans.
Reeve grew up in Princeton, saying he moved there at age 3.
Reeve, who was joined by his wife, Dana, and McGreevey's wife, Dina, began acting at McCarter Theater, just blocks from Drumthwacket.
He worked backstage, "and worked my way onto the stage," he said.
The proposed New Jersey law would enable private research and government funding to combine in the stem-cell research.
The work is considered vital by most scientists to conquering diseases and crippling wounds and injuries.
"Christopher Reeve has put a human face on the spinal cord injury," said McGreevey.
"He has also inspired countless others living with paralysis and motivated scientists around the world."
Stem-cell research can involve using embryonic and other human tissue to defeat paralysis, cancers and an array of other afflictions.
New Jersey's research is underway at Rutgers, the state university credited with developing modern treatments for spinal crippling.
"If the wind could blow my troubles away. I'd stand in front of a hurricane."
TOM BALDWIN, Chief Political Writer September 28, 2002
Actor Christopher Reeve came home to Princeton yesterday to help Gov. Jim McGreevey duel with the federal government over stem-cell research that may free Reeve and millions of others from their wheelchairs.
"New Jersey is going to be leading the way," said Reeve, who lost virtually all mobility in a horseback accident in 1995.
"To hear the governor will already support the legislation is how we are going to get the job done," Reeve told reporters at Drumthwacket, the state's gubernatorial mansion.
McGreevey is stepping out in front to support legislation in New Jersey that enables stem-cell research despite objections from the Bush administration, the Catholic Church and right-wing Republicans.
Reeve grew up in Princeton, saying he moved there at age 3.
Reeve, who was joined by his wife, Dana, and McGreevey's wife, Dina, began acting at McCarter Theater, just blocks from Drumthwacket.
He worked backstage, "and worked my way onto the stage," he said.
The proposed New Jersey law would enable private research and government funding to combine in the stem-cell research.
The work is considered vital by most scientists to conquering diseases and crippling wounds and injuries.
"Christopher Reeve has put a human face on the spinal cord injury," said McGreevey.
"He has also inspired countless others living with paralysis and motivated scientists around the world."
Stem-cell research can involve using embryonic and other human tissue to defeat paralysis, cancers and an array of other afflictions.
New Jersey's research is underway at Rutgers, the state university credited with developing modern treatments for spinal crippling.
"If the wind could blow my troubles away. I'd stand in front of a hurricane."