This is what I was saying BEFORE proposition 71 passed in November 2004. Think of all the time and money we have wasted preying on people’s fears and false hope. In the L.A. Times we have this sober assessment. The opening statement gives me chills–no guarantees of cures! That was what passed proposition 71! Reality bites back.

Reality check for stem cell optimism

The research, stalled by legal challenges, offers no guarantees of cures, California institute scientists say as they outline more modest goals.

Author Profile

Jennifer Lahl, CBC Founder
Jennifer Lahl, CBC Founder
Jennifer Lahl, MA, BSN, RN, is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including Cambridge University Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking; she has three times addressed the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women on egg and womb trafficking.