Actor, ex-cop take opposite sides on NJ stem cell issue

[manouli]

Actor, ex-cop take opposite sides on NJ stem cell issue

Home News Tribune Online 11/5/07

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON: An actor suffering from
Parkinson's and a paralyzed New York City police
officer are running ads on New Jersey's stem cell
research ballot question, but they're not on the same
side of the emotional debate playing out in the
Garden State.

Actor Michael J. Fox is asking New Jersey voters
to support borrowing $450 million for stem cell
research in Tuesday's election.

Former police officer Steve McDonald is asking
voters to reject it.

Fox's ads are funded by the political action
committee New Jersey for Hope, which received
$150,000 to run ads promoting the question's passage
from multimillionaire Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

Fox suffers from Parkinson's Disease, an
incurable, degenerative disorder of the central
nervous system.

It's not his first foray into the politics
surrounding stem cell research. He appeared in
television ads in at least three 2006 Congressional
races promoting the research. In those ads, Fox
swayed uncontrollably, exhibiting symptoms of his
Parkinson's.

Fox has two spots running. In one, he notes how
President Bush restricted federal funding for
embryonic stem research.


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[Keith]

Well that must be nice to have all those benefits from NYPD... just because McDonald gets paid to do all his speeches must be nice to have all that funding. If they find a repair using those stem cells Stephen McDonald can stay in his wheelchair no need for him using them. More funding the better chance of getting out of this situation.