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To: All; wagglebee
But lest we forget, and think the leftists pushing embryonic stem cell research are now trumped, we err in presumption. The leftists were not about research to do good in the first place, but about an excuse to kill at will. They will be neither convinced nor ready to go quietly.

The scientist who helped ignite cultural and political controversy with the use of embryos in stem-cell research believes his new discovery – using ordinary adult skin cells – means the war is virtually over. "A decade from now, this will be just a funny historical footnote," James A. Thomson told the New York Times in an interview.

Thomson's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin was one of two that announced Tuesday a new way to turn ordinary human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without using a human embryo.

The technique involves adding four genes to ordinary adult skin cells.

Scientist who ignited stem-cell war says it's over

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401 posted on 11/25/2007 5:09:08 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; EternalVigilance
Invaluable insight in this thread by Eternal Vigilance...

When I saw a column written by pro-life activist Jane Frantz in the Appleton Post-Crescent, it really took the wind out of my sails. She wrote about her epiphany in the pro-life movement following her own abortion, but she pointed out something that reminded me of the reasons why pro-lifers continue to tread water politically.

Frantz opined, "After three and a half decades, I wonder how much longer we can afford to do the same things, expecting different results."

Her observations about pro-lifers "authoring and defending woefully inadequate legislation" is but one of the problems we face on the political front, but I happen to think that it is precisely the politics of abortion that has drummed our message into oblivion.

~Snip~

A new strategy is called for; and to my mind, those who resist talking about it are the root cause of the problem. To them I would say: Get off the fence and join the battle to end the murder of America's future. The troops are moving out — with you, or without you.

(my bold)

Strategy for success evades pro-lifers

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402 posted on 11/25/2007 6:04:11 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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