View the factual analysis of campaign ads, as well as estimated expenditures statewide and by market.
In this ad, the supporters of Prop. 71 want to show just how much backing they have. Among their endorsers are over 40 Nobel Prize winning scientists, top medical organizations and more than 70 patient disease foundations and advocacy groups for patients. They ask voters to support "stem cell research, to save lives."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $93,554
Dr. Keith Black, director of Neurosurgery at Cedars Sinai Hospital, says there is near total support for Prop. 71 within the medical community and asks voters to stand with them by passing Prop. 71.
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $260,669
A young woman suffering from a rare form of multiple scleroris says, that although millions may benefit from stem cell research, the issue has become politicized. It shouldn't be, because "this isn't a political issue. This is a national crisis."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $64,274
Christopher Reeve and his foundation support Prop. 71, saying that stem cell research has already proven to cure animals with paralysis and such research is the "future of medicine."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $628,412
In support of Proposition 71, Michael J. Fox states that an unprecedented 70 patient and medical organizations have joined in a coalition to support Prop. 71 and cure diseases through stem cell research.
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $1,104,972
Parkinson's sufferer, Michael J. Fox advocates for a "Yes" vote on 71, saying that research will help millions of people and help cure serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $2,149,367
Nobel prize winning scientist, Dr. Paul Berg, reassures that stem cell research will occur under "strict ethical guidelines with the prospect that we'll be able to cure serious human diseases."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $1,227,622
Twin brothers, one with cerebral palsy, talk about the difficulty of life with the disease. They advocate for stem cell research, admitting that "we don't know the whole promise of stem cells, but we're never going to know unless we do this research."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $965,701
Dr. Irving Weissman, a cancer researcher at Stanford University and California Scientist of the Year, believes that the chances for stem cell research to cure diseases are high, but only if we start.
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $1,610,550
A multiple sclerosis sufferer and mother of a spinal cord injured child believes that stem cell research can lead to cures for many people. She reminds us that her circumstances are not unique, for "it can happen to anybody."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $1,738,667
Dr. Paul Berg, Nobel Prize Winner and professor of cancer research at Stanford University, states that politics have stymied areas of important stem cell research and Prop. 71 will "break the political log jam."
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $83,915
A Parkinson's disease sufferer says that the passage of Proposition 71 would give him a "tremendous sense of hope." He and his wife argue that half of all American families have someone with a disease like Alzheimer's or diabetes; conditions that could benefit from stem cell research.
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $352,400
Dr. Jeff Bluestone, a juvenile diabetes researcher at UCSF talks about the prospect for a 7-year old girl with diabetes that might eventually benefit from stem cell research. He believes it would be a shame to neglect this great opportunity and bemoans having to tell this same girl in twenty years that “we missed it.”
Estimated expenditure (as of 10.30.2004): $2,063,938
