Life Matters

In this episode of Life Matters, Brian Johnston along with California Pro-life’s Vice President Sheila Green, discuss some of the many ballot propositions on the November 2020 ballot in California. First and foremost is Proposition 14 which renews funding for the CIRM, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. In short, the CRM had been established in 2004 via Proposition 71. It received over $6 billion after counting interest and it was all to be dedicated to embryonic stem cell research and other forms of research, which then President Bush had declared unethical. The federal government would not fund such research. So ironically that proposition only funded unethical research! None of the promised benefits occurred. No cures of any kind were found, and many funds were directed to mysterious places, as the CIRM did not, and continues to lack, government oversight. They have now returned to the ballot and are asking for an additional $5.5 billion!  We advise a ‘No’ vote. Proposition 15 changes the