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Sarah Palin on Science

Sarah Palin's running mate is John McCain
Some of the nation's greatest innovations have been birthed at the intersection of government and science including manned space travel. As we face 21st century problems, many solutions will require scientific innovation. This topic includes information about candidates' positions on: science funding, science education, stem cell research, NASA funding, and funding for disease research.

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Sarah Palin is neutral on increased funding for scientific research

"You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not."

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Sarah Palin opposes funding for stem cell research

According to an October 2006 profile in the Anchorage Daily News, Palin opposes stem cell research, physician-assisted suicide, and state health benefits for same-sex partners.

Boston Globe, "A valentine to evangelical base", p. A12 Aug 30, 2008

"Q: Embryonic stem cell research, John McCain has been supportive of it. A: We're seeing good progress and we have good encouragement with researchers finding adult skin cells research that is proving productive towards curing these diseases…in my personal opinion, creating a human embryo and then destroying it is not something I personally support."

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