Every Stem Cell Is Sacred
Bush to Veto Stem Cell Bill on Wednesday
Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, Bush plans to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.
In his veto threat, the president accused Democrats of recycling an old measure that he already vetoed and argued that the bill would mean American taxpayers would — for the first time — be compelled to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos.
"The president supports and encourages stem cell research, including using embryonic lines, as long as it does not involve creating, harming or destroying embryos," Fratto said. "That is an ethical line that should not be crossed."
The National Institutes of Health says these stem cells offer the prospect of having a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.
Full AP wire service story: SF Chronicle, June 20, 2007
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However, when it comes to Iraqis that get in the way (or just happen to be living in the same country) of the international oil cartel's demand for oil and empire, life is anything but sacred.
TLC
Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, Bush plans to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.
In his veto threat, the president accused Democrats of recycling an old measure that he already vetoed and argued that the bill would mean American taxpayers would — for the first time — be compelled to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos.
"The president supports and encourages stem cell research, including using embryonic lines, as long as it does not involve creating, harming or destroying embryos," Fratto said. "That is an ethical line that should not be crossed."
The National Institutes of Health says these stem cells offer the prospect of having a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.
Full AP wire service story: SF Chronicle, June 20, 2007
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However, when it comes to Iraqis that get in the way (or just happen to be living in the same country) of the international oil cartel's demand for oil and empire, life is anything but sacred.
TLC
posted by TLC's Place at 6:12 AM
1 Comments:
If find it odd that people who fret over the deaths of stem cells or sperm cells don't mind adult male soldiers dying for no purpose, or the poor dying from lack of a medical procedure. They are quite happy to waste transplant organs that could save several lives. They claim to be deeply concerned about the fetus, but refuse to go to bat for the fetus to prevent the mother from harming it with drugs, alcohol or tobacco. Further, once the child is born, they lose all interest in seeing that child gets food, shelter and medical care. I condemn them for insincerity and inconsistency. They clearly are not thinking, just following like sheep.
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