Should embryonic stem cell research be banned from the state of Oklahoma? Governor Brad Henry has until Wednesday to decide. What are your thoughts?

Here's some of what we had to say in OUR VIEW:

"Democratic Gov. Brad Henry has until Wednesday to sign or veto a bill that would ban embryonic stem cell research in Oklahoma.

We think Henry should choose the latter.

House Bill 1326, authored by Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, wouldn’t just put regulations on embryonic stem cell research in Oklahoma, it would ban it completely – a move that could possibly shut off great research avenues in the Sooner state and effectively ruin its reputation in the scientific community.

We think the embryonic stem cell research that does take place should be limited to those embryos that were to be destroyed anyway, which the National Institutes of Health recently ruled are the only embryos from which scientists can use cells. These guidelines exclude cells derived from embryos created only for experiments."