Florida, Burt Aaronson Launches Drive for Stem Cell Research
Related News: Stem Cell NewsPalm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, who founded the stem cell committee, is starting a campaign, and he looks at raising $1 million from 1 million Floridians.
"There has to be a million people who are willing to pony up $1."
Aaronson's group, Floridians for Stem Cell Research and Cures, is seeking a constitutional amendment that would use state funds to support embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. Aaronson said that the amendment could mandate about $30 million a year in stem cell grants.
The group needs about $1.5 million to finance an effort to collect 611,000 signatures. This must be done by Dec. 31 to make it on the 2006 ballot.
Posted on August 31, 2005 03:26 PM