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OpinionJuly 21, 2001

Christine E. Stephens' July 17 letter incorrectly stated that U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson was among those who signed a letter to President Bush urging him to consider funding for stem-cell research that would involved the killing of embryos. Said Stephens: "I was wrong. This was a terrible injustice to Jo Ann Emerson, who has always defended all life from the moment of conception until natural death. I apologize to Emerson and to the reading public."...

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Christine E. Stephens' July 17 letter incorrectly stated that U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson was among those who signed a letter to President Bush urging him to consider funding for stem-cell research that would involved the killing of embryos. Said Stephens: "I was wrong. This was a terrible injustice to Jo Ann Emerson, who has always defended all life from the moment of conception until natural death. I apologize to Emerson and to the reading public."

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