Op-Ed: Experience affects stance in stem-cell debate

April 27, 2009

If you wonder why an anti-abortion Republican would oppose legislative limits on embryonic stem cell research, meet state Rep. Rick Hardcastle.

Yes, he’s a GOP lawmaker (from Vernon). Yes, he’s against abortion. But as a man with multiple sclerosis, and a father whose daughter died of cancer six years ago, he doesn’t want to see lawmakers put limits on potentially life-saving research. (Houston Chronicle)