Sharp Words Exchanged on Stem-Cell Research

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic candidate for vice president, suggested in remarks at a campaign appearance last week that people who are advocates of children with disabilities should be supporters of stem-cell research.

"I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy … and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect," Senator Biden said, according to

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