Michigan Board Approves Stem Cell Measure For November Ballot

August 26, 2008

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Thursday certified a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan’s restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, the Detroit Free Press reports (Bell, Detroit Free Press, 8/22). The board found the group Cure Michigan submitted nearly 500,000 signatures backing the proposal, which were 100,000 more than the required minimum to place a proposal on the ballot in the state (Heinlein, Detroit News, 8/22). (Medical News Today)