next steps along the stem cell litigation trail

A summons calling on other interested parties to get involved in the "reverse validation action" into which these cases have now been consolidated expires, according to Ms. Cody, on August 31, 2005. Sometime after that, she said, she expects Attorney General Bill Lockyer to file a motion for a summary judgment to dismiss the consolidated case on its merits.

According to Ms. Cody, that motion will not be heard before the September 15, 2005, case management conference now scheduled to allow both sides and the court to arrange a timetable for consideration of the consolidated case.

why this case matters even before it's decided

To understand the significance of this now-consolidated case in the larger context of California's effort to raise $3 billion in bond money for embryonic stem cell research by spending $6 billion in taxpayer money, click on the title of the May 11, 2005, California Politics Today article entitled "California cannot sell $3 billion in embryonic stem cell research bonds until a lawsuit challenging its right to do so is resolved.".

another state is heard from

To learn more about an effort now underway in Florida to provide $150 million in taxpayer funds to support non-SCNT embryonic stem cell research using otherwise-to-be-discarded embryos created in IVF clinics, click here.

stem cells in global perspective

For an in-depth exploration of current embryonic stem cell issues worldwide, click here.

 

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