Wesley Smith e-mails to point out what I didn’t about that Missouri cloning story. It’s probably the most-often-repeated misstatement (remember ER?) about stem-cell research (but, boy, is there competition):

Senator Talent has not co-sponsored a bill to “ban embryonic stem cell research” as the AP alleged in its story. He is a co-sponsor of the Brownback/Landrieu Bill that would OUTLAW ALL HUMAN CLONING. Not the same thing at all. But for in-the-tank media outlets that support therapeutic cloning, such factually false assertions are par for the course.