• Associated Press via New York Post, Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:01 PM

Just days after actor Michael J. Fox appeared in a TV ad urging Missouri voters to support stem cell research, opponents of the potentially life-saving process have rolled out their own commercial. St. Louis Cardinals' starting pitcher Jeff Suppan is among several celebrities who appear in the minute-long ad. Others include Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ."

In the ad, Suppan says that a ballot measure "makes cloning a constitutional right. Don't be deceived." The amendment would provide constitutional protections for embryonic stem cell research in the Show-Me State, and the new ad is in response to a spot featuring Fox, who sways uncontrollably in the ad due to his Parkinson's disease. It is part of a commercial for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill.

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