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The Right Wing Rides Again in Massachusetts

By Keith Howard

Dig Boston | September 12, 2007

The state is in the process of overturning a set of Mitt Romney-era rules inhibiting some types stem cell research, and the Massachusetts Family Institute and its allies aren't too happy about it.

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Tags: Mitt Romney, stem-cell research, Health & Science

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