Before you follow the Indy’s endorsements on the propositions, read the endorsements of four below.
Prop. 14 issues $5.5 billion in bonds for state stem cell research
YES — Cutting-edge medical research is needed more than ever; federal funding is limited. Okay, maybe I’m biased because I’ve had cancer, but the proposition has a very impressive list of supporters including American Association for Cancer Research, American Diabetes Association, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, ALS Association, Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, Arthritis Foundation, Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California, and San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Prop. 23 requires physician on-site at dialysis clinics
NO — This proposition is opposed by American Medical Association and American Nurses Association/California; it would take doctors out of places they are needed. Also, if something goes wrong with dialysis you need a specially trained nurse or technician, not a doctor.