Prop 15 Calls For $3 Billion For Cancer Research

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"I'm a survivor. I've had skin cancer twice, and I've had a sister with breast cancer. My parents had cancer as well" Texas voters are being asked to approve $3 billion to fight cancer next Tuesday. But opponents to Proposition 15 worry it may include embryonic stem cell research.Each year, 95,000 Texans are diagnosed and 37,000 die from the disease. Supporters of Proposition 15 say it is about saving lives. Opponents worry about the lives of the unborn.Tour De France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong has ditched his bike for a bus. He's crisscrossing Texas in "Survivor One," urging Texans to approve Prop 15. Read more

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