Posted on 07/29/2005 6:08:02 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Dear Senator Frist,
Many abortions today are performed in the 5th month of pregnancy, when genetic problems can be detected by amniocentesis. So when the pregnant woman says that she is sure she wants to abort the baby, now scientists can swoop down after the doctors remove it and take parts out to help old people with diseases?
Was Jonathan Swift's Proposal not so wrong, after all?
Sincerely,
FReeper Yaelle
The taxpayer funding is also very problematic when you consider how many people do not want their taxes used for this particular research; why not put it to a vote, at the very least?! Which reminds me...I wonder how the state-funded embryo research in Kalifornia is coming along?
Perhaps his change of position comes after reviewing another video.
"Who needs Democrats when the GOP does just fine promoting ____________"
You can also insert Socialism into that phrase.
It isn't about morals, regardless of what you think about embryonic stem cells....it's about this march towards a Socialist America. It isnt the government's role to fund this crap! Yet again, a Republican has proposed it.....more socialism from the so called "right"
Very Good Point!!!!!
Is it OK for the federal gov't to fund cancer research, other medical research, or be involved in public health issues like disease control, or do you think all that's socialism too?
In fact, the federal gov't is far too big and involved in too many things, but there are still areas where it can be very useful without undermining freedom and privacy.
Orrin Hatch was just on on Fox News / Special Report w/Brit Hume questioning advice the President received re: embryonic stem cell research.
No...not really. Where's it end? Do they find every research project for every illness known to man?
"Is it OK for the federal gov't to fund cancer research, other medical research, or be involved in public health issues like disease control, or do you think all that's socialism too? "
Nope. The FDA is bunk too. Dissolve it....
Yet more reasons why I oppose government funding...look at the disproportionate funding (politics comes into play once again):
The CDC dedicates more money to AIDS/HIV than to any other disease.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of men and women (See "Adult mortality, Profile of the Nation's Health" CDC fact book 2000-2001).
In 2000, 710,760 people died from a cardiovascular related disease, and 553,091 died from cancer, yet 14,270 died from AIDS.
Data from the CDC Budget Request Summary 2004
Disease Actual CDC Budget
Arthritis $13,808,000
Breast and Cervical Cancer $191,965,000
HIV/AIDS -research and domestic $787,421,000
HIV/AIDS - Global (CDC wide) $143,720,000
HIV/AIDS - (CDC wide) $931,141,000
Total HIV/AIDS $1,962,282,000
Diabetes $61,683,000
Hep C $21,930,000
Prostate Cancer $14,062,000
Skin Cancer $1,647,000
I meant "nope" [its not ok for the government to fund] to the items you listed, not to the part where you said "do you think that's all socialism too".
I just watched the MacNeil Hour report on the state of embryonic stem cell research. There is plenty of that going on. California, Mass. Conn. private foundations. The complaint was that there is such a hodgepodge of research, well the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. I contend that only when you have competing centers of research will you get results. The next thing we will hear is that the United Nations should coordinate the research. Oh, and by the way adult stem cells have produced cures, not speculative promise.
Those numbers are amazing. Almost $2 billion for HIV/AIDS and only $14 million on prostate cancer! Instead of hearings on drugs used by baseball players, Congress should have public hearings about the root cause of AIDS: homosexual sodomy, with graphic descriptions of what that actually means for the viewing public on PBS. Rated XXX. Tell the public how many of their tax dollars are being spent for same.
A long list of diseases actually are self-inflicted (by smoking, alcohol, drugs, etc.), not just bad luck.
"Those numbers are amazing. Almost $2 billion for HIV/AIDS and only $14 million on prostate cancer! "
They really are, arent they?
It's sad because AIDS is almost DIRECTLY preventable, whereas prostate cancer and other diseases are related to diet and genetic predisposition.
Just imagine what would happen with Socialist Healthcare or rather Government Enforced Death. You'd have to pay for OTHER people's genetic susceptibilities and/or lifestyle habits (smoking, drugs, drinking, etc).
I agree but we need to remember that even our President allowed federal $$$ to be used for some stem cell research killing more babies.
Personaly Im giving up on the Republicans until they are ready to take a Strong Morale Christian stand on ALL issues.
If They cant do it we need to find Some One who can.
Uh-hunh..
So what party are you voting for then?
Hmmm?
"Can anybody get Frist to say something nice about Strom Thurmond, then we can throw him under the bus. "
You FReepers really make me laugh, I need that these days with this pathetic "leadership".
I think we should throw Frist overboard too. I realize that senators rarely become president, but if someone is the Majority leader of the senate, do they have even LESS of a chance? I ask this because I wonder if George Allen might be a good replacement? If not, what about Coburn?
NO one until I can find some one who is willing to stand up for Christian Morality. What about Pat Robertson? Maybe he couldnt win but he could force every one to tell us where they stand on these issues and then we could hold them to there word.
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