Posted on 10/26/2006 10:26:13 AM PDT by radar101
St. Louis, MO (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life advocates in Missouri have prepared a response ad to one that actor Michael J. Fox has made in numerous states that contains misleading information about pro-life candidates and their views on stem cell research. The new ads feature St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan and stars Jim Caviezel of "The Passion of Christ." Fox recorded an ad that aired during the first game of the World Series and St. Louis-area voters were falsely told that pro-life Sen. Jim Talent, who is in one of the nation's closest Senate races, does not support stem cell research.
"Amendment 2 claims to ban human cloning, but in the 2000 words you won't read, it makes cloning a constitutional right," Suppan says in the ad.
Suppan will be pitching for the Cardinals tonight and the ad is slated to be shown during the World Series.
The ad also features former St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, Patricia Heaton of the hit comedy series Everybody Loves Raymond, and Kansas City Royals star Mike Sweeney.
"This is a powerful response to the misleading ads about Amendment 2," Cathy Ruse, a spokeswoman for Missourians Against Human Cloning, tells LifeNews.com.
"The truth is, Amendment 2 would create a constitutional right to human cloning and human egg trafficking in Missouri," Ruse says. "We are so pleased to have this kind of star power behind our efforts to expose the deceptions in Amendment 2.
In the television commercial, Heaton tells viewers how Amendment 2 will exploit women.
"Amendment two actually makes it a constitutional right for fertility clinics to pay women for their eggs. Low income women will be seduced by big checks. And extracting eggs is an extremely complicated, dangerous and painful procedure," Heaton warns.
In the Missouri commercial Fox did, he makes inaccurate generalizations about stem cell research.
“In Missouri, you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures,” Fox tells viewers urging them to support the pro-abortion, pro-cloning candidate.
"Unfortunately Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research," Fox claims. "Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us a chance for hope."
Though the ad makes it appear Talent opposes all kinds of stem cell research, he has voted in favor of spending millions in federal funds for adult stem cell research, the only kind of research that has ever cured a single patient.
What Talent has opposed is forcing taxpayers to pay for studies using embryonic stem cells, which can only be obtained by destroying human life.
A new study by Steven Goldman and colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center finds embryonic stem cells cause tumors when inserted into rats that have Parkinson's.
As a result, patients like Fox would likely be killed or face severe problems if treated with embryonic stem cells.
Related web sites: Amendment 2 video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguJQ_dRPXw Missourians Against Human Cloning - http://www.nocloning.org
I still want a MJF bobble-head doll.
Patricia...Shut up and Act!!!!!
Just kidding. I always see that with actors from FREEPERS and didn't see it with her so I thought I would just add the infamous phrase everyone loves here.
Patricia Heaton is cool...and hot!!!
She is the real star of the Raymond show...her & her mother-in-law. The others are dorks...
I agree with you. I was seriously just being funny with my post. I saw Raymond's movie (can't think of the name) and it was horrible. He is done. I guess it is lucky he will be set for life with Raymond repeats because he will need the cash because IMHO he is done. Patricia I am not sure. She should get to some show in the next few years or her own talk show perhaps. I don't think she needs to worry for money either.
Patricia Heaton
She's got great stem cells!
Aftermarket.
She came from the factory with smaller models ;)
The others should shut up and pitch and throw interceptions.
1. Embryos have their own little set of DNA. Totally unique, totally human.
2. Adult Stem Cells are harvested from the entended receipient.
It just makes sense that the Adult Stem Cell approach eliminates any matching/typing/Rejection concerns that are common with Organ transplants. Which just seems to be born out by the 72 some successfull Adult Stem Cell treatments.
Good for Patty. I hope the ad works. I don't have a problem with Michael Fox speaking his mind, but he was trying to demagogue the issue in an objectionable way. He would have gotten a better response if he'd just expressed his view straightforwardly without going out of his way to make a graphic impression on the public.
are those the same suckers she had on raymond???
I get repeatedly in my e-mail inbox, unsolicited offers for enhancements to options not installed at the factory.
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