I have three years to work on him! Don't give up on him yet Read this. Give him time!
Allen's belief is that life begins at heartbeat/brainwave (roughly 40 days, I think?) but my impression is he takes this type of cloning/human research stuff seriously. Obviously with his belief on the beginning of life -- which from what I can tell is honest and sincere, something I can respect though I very much disagree -- his calculus may be different from the "I think they're human but they can be destroyed" folks.
I'm trying to piece together his stand on this.
He places himself to the left of Bush's stand. He opposes all cloning, including "therapeutic". He supports extracting stem cells from embryos for research without destroying the embryos. It looks like he supports some sort of research on embryos "left over" from IVF. A Virginia life group says he and Warner both support research that destroys embryos. Also speculation that Allen has been moving rightward on the issue.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-25-stem-cells-senate_x.htm
http://www.sundaymorningtalk.com/smt/2005/05/george_allen_ag.html
I WILL pull the lever for Allen in 08, regarding the other names floated about I would just stay home.
"I have three years to work on him! Don't give up on him yet."
- Thanks for this work you are doing, and keep it up!!! :-)
I think the entire GOP needs a swift kick in the backside from us pro-lifers.
I'm going to support whichever candidate is most pro-life; I like Allen, so I would be thrilled if he had an epiphany.
:-)