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Virginia 18th State to Legislate Cord Blood Education – Video

December 16th, 2011 3:08 am



http://www.stemcellbuzz.net Last week, the Governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, signed the states Cord Blood Education Bill (HB85) into law requiring the State Department of Health to publish information on its website about cord blood stem cells and parents options of preserving them. The new law also requires prenatal care physicians to educate expectant parents about their options early enough in pregnancy so that they can make an informed decision about whether to privately bank their childs newborn stem cells or donate them to a public bank. With the passage of the Virginia law, 18 states -- representing two-thirds of the US population -- now benefit from state-endorsed education on cord blood stem cells and the private and public cord blood banking options available to parents.

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