Nothing that Bush has done or will do (veto the bill) will prevent any scientist from doing whatever they want with embryonic stem cells.
All Bush is doing is preventing federal funding of embryonic stem cells.
Federal funding means your money & my money.
If embryonic stem cells are such a great scientific advance, why are there not dozens of biotech companies throwing billions of dollars at it?
If there are dozens of biotech companies already throwing billions of dollars at it, why do some insist that my money & your money also fund it?
You are correct, and it reminds me of this snippet from Ann Coulter:
Ironically, the always market-oriented Ronald Reagan would probably have asked his wife, "Honey, if embryonic stem-cell therapy is such a treasure trove of medical advances, why isn't private research and development funding flocking to it?"
President Bush has never said that fetal stem cells cannot be used for research. He said "federal money" cannot be used to fund such research. If leading scientists believed fetal stem-cell research would prove to be so fruitful in curing Alzheimer's, why is the private money not pouring in hand over fist? Do you realize how many billions a cure for Alzheimer's would be worth, let alone all the other cures some are claiming fetal stem-cell research would lead to? Forget Alzheimer's – do you know how much middle-aged men would pay for a genuine baldness cure? Then again, Porsche sales would probably fall off quite a bit if we ever cured baldness.
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