The Boston Globe reports:
Incensed legislative leaders moved yesterday to reverse new restrictions on stem cell research, accusing health regulators in Governor Mitt Romney's administration of overstepping their authority and endangering the state's position as a leader in science.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey split with Romney, branding the regulations a mistake that would signal stem cell scientists that they are not welcome in Massachusetts.
The rules adopted Tuesday by the state Public Health Council generated widespread concern among scientists who expressed concern that the regulations could subject them to criminal penalties for certain activities used in human embryonic stem cell research. Some Democrats also said Romney, who appoints members of the health council, was taking a conservative position that could help him if he runs for president in 2008.
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