"It's the educated people who must fight for knowledge, rationality, and choice in this state," (Dr. Wise) Young said.
Posted on 04/10/2005 7:56:59 PM PDT by Coleus
Speakers try to sway students on stem cells
In January of 2004, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill allowing stem cell research in the state, opening the door for the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey.
In order to approve bond money for the facility, proponents of stem cell research have begun a campaign at the University to put the issue to a vote as early as November.
At the request of acting Gov. Richard J. Codey, supporters of stem cell research addressed the Rutgers College Governing Association Tuesday to rally student support for the Stem Cell Institute.
Approval of the institute - which will be built next to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - marked the first time state funding has been committed to stem cell research, sparking a statewide debate.
Dr. Wise Young, director of the Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at the University, said public attacks on this research have drummed up many misconceptions about the dangers and morality of the issue.
Young said scientists can make use of the old eggs stockpiled for in-vitro fertilization to create stem cells. Doctors refuse to make use of eggs that are over 3 years old, and these eggs are either incinerated or flushed down the toilet once they are deemed useless.
Young said that although many agree that there are far more gains provided by the research, there continues to be conflict over the issue.
Former Gov. James E. McGreevey asked for the University's support for the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey and pledged $150 million to the facility. This initiative was spearheaded in the Senate by Codey, who has continued to push forward the research as acting governor.
Progress has currently been halted, however, as the institute awaits a Senate vote regarding the approval of additional spending on the research facility.
Mark Matzen, deputy chief of staff for Codey, said getting a stem-cell bill passed would be a huge victory for the state.
"It's about hope, it's about curing, and it's about letting the people decide," Matzen said.
In order to rally support for the cause, Ron Heyman of the New Jersey Juvenile Diabetes Foundation said the activism will act as a crucial catalyst. He said he joined the campaign for stem cell research after his son was diagnosed with Type A Diabetes. His personal experience has forced him to look past the politics of the issue to the millions who will benefit from this research.
"Disease doesn't pick Democrats, and it doesn't pick Republicans. It picks people," Heyman said.
Undoubtedly, members of the Senate are going to have to look beyond party lines to rally enough support for this legislation.
Both Heyman and Young said student activism could be a catalyst in the upcoming vote. Young urged those at the University to weigh the important issues and help the cause for stem cell research.
"It's the educated people who must fight for knowledge, rationality, and choice in this state," Young said.
USING "embryonic stem cell research" (ESCR) as a Trojan Horse, the authors of New Jersey Assembly Bill 2840 are trying to sneak one of the most radical human cloning legalization schemes ever proposed into law. How radical is A-2840? If the bill passes, it will be legal in New Jersey to implant cloned human embryos into wombs, gestate them for up to nine months, and then destroy them for use in research.
Ambilical cord Stem Cell and Nasal Adult Stem Cell research have resulted in miraculuous cures.
It is not strange that those who use Satanic means -- embryonic stem cells -- waste money and are immoral.
Satan is proud of New Jersey Governor Codey.
I know this Wise Young. http://www.paralinks.net/paralinksarchives/whoiswiseyoung.html Some sort of Asian. Smart enough to Americanize his Asian name so that he is not only wise, but young. Hates Christians, especially Catholics. Though smoking is not allowed in any Rutgers building, this schmuck sits there all day smoking a pipe. He brings enough grant money into Rutgers so he could probably sit there all day smoking a bong and they'd let him get away with it. Beware of Rutgers. Second string to New York. They try harder.
Follow the money seems to be the order of the day in these embryonic stem cell debates. The folks who want to be able to use them are arguing for it because they have grant money dollars dancing in front of their eyes.
"It's the educated people who must fight for knowledge, rationality, and choice in this state," (Dr. Wise) Young said.
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Hi duckworth! Do you go to Rutgers, or did you in the past? I'm a grad student at Rutgers currently, in the philosophy program. I had not heard about this activity at Rutgers until today. In the past I had heard that the state wanted to give some money to Rutgers for cloning "research" but I didn't know that people were actively lobbying the students for support. I wonder how much influence the student body will have over this, if any. So far I've gotten the impression that most Rutgers students are apathetic to politics, but the ones who are interested in it tend to be very left-wing.
I guess they don't trust that their obfuscation has sufficiently confused the voters, since they're lying blatantly to promote their agenda. Typical liberal societal engineering at work ... gotta lie to the stupid public, for their own benefit don'tchaknow!.
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