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Stem cell, gun control groups paid Huckabee
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 28, 2007 03:37pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Friday, December 28, 2007 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee last year accepted $52,000 in speaking fees from a biotech giant that wants to research human embryonic stem cells, a non-profit working to expand access to the morning-after pill and a group pushing to study whether tightening gun control laws will reduce violence.
Huckabee opposes embryonic stem cell research, emergency contraception and stricter gun laws — all of which rank high on the list of deal-breakers for many of the religious conservatives whose support he's ridden to the top of the Republican presidential field.
Payments came from drug-maker Novo Nordisk, which engages in stem cell research; the Public Health Institute, which works to expand access to "morning after" contraception; and Grant Makers in Health, which is seeking to steer funding to studies of gun violence. The fees highlight the delicate line Huckabee has walked on the profitable speaking circuit. |
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