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WHY CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS (and Democrats)SHOULD SUPPORT AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) By Don C. Reed AB 190 is a creative funding mechanism for the California spinal cord injury research program—which virtually ALL Republican legislators (and Democrats too)...
Religious Right
RELIGIOUS RIGHT ATTACKS PARALYSIS RESEARCH BILL By Don C. Reed The Family Research Council (FRC) is perhaps the most powerful lobbying group of the Religious Right. Massively funded, The FRC uses its multi-million dollar annual budget to campaign against...
One hour to fight
ONE HOUR TO FIGHT FOR PARALYSIS CURE? Tuesday is crucial vote for AB 190. By Don C. Reed If California Assembly Bill 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) passes the public safety committee, April 5, (tomorrow) the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act will be funded. For...
Three Days
THREE DAYS TO PARALYSIS CURE: this weekend and Monday for AB 190 By Don C. Reed For 17 years, I have worked to find a cure for paralysis—and it is all coming down to three days—today, Sunday, and Monday. What we do in these next three days will determine the success...
Minnesota
Minnesota Advocacy Alert - Stem Cell Research at Risk! https://cirmresearch.blogspot.com/2011/03/legislating-science-without-scientists.html Live in Minnesota? Come to the Capitol today, and stand up for stem cell research! The Save Research, Save Lives event will...
Crashing Roman’s Van
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/crashing-romans-van-disab_b_841645.html Please share this widely as you can—April 5th is the life-or-death hearing for AB 190, which will fund the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act—or not. Roman’s van crashed… read...
Traffic Tickets
Fremont Argus My Word: Traffic tickets -- to cure paralysis? By Don C. Reed Guest commentary Posted: 03/23/2011 04:00:00 PM PDT Updated: 03/24/2011 10:31:31 AM PDT ASSEMBLY BILL 190, introduced by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, would tack a $3 fine onto every...
Should California NOT Fund
Should California NOT Fund Paralysis Cure? Decision Day, April 5th By Don C. Reed A $3 fine tacked onto every reckless driving ticket in California would mean $11,000,000 a year for spinal cord injury research for cure—IF Assembly Bill 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont)...
Spinal Cord Injury
“ROMAN’S LAW” FIRST COMMITTEE HEARING SCHEDULED—March 22 If you are one of America’s five million people who suffer paralysis, you need to support California’s Assembly Bill 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont), to put funding back into the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury...
Don Reed's NEW BOOK - "Science, Politics, Stem Cells and Genes: California's War on Chronic Disease"
California’s War on Chronic Disease
By Don C. Reed, World Scientific Publishing, April 2023
