Senator Steve Ogden will try anything to shut down embryonic research in Texas!
Target of the group’s suspicions is Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan. Last month, with only hours’ notice to colleagues, Ogden guided through his committee a budget provision prohibiting use of state budget funds on research that involves destruction of human embryos.
Ogden has also authored SB 1695, a bill that goes even further. It bars embryonic stem cell research in any state-supported facilities – even if scientists tap only federal and private grants for salaries and expenses.
“That would pretty much shut her down in Texas,“ Ogden said Thursday, after a five-hour committee hearing.
