Posted on 07/07/2002 11:24:26 AM PDT by Keyes For President
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Bush administration has approved the first federally funded project using stem cells obtained from fetuses aborted up to eight weeks after conception, expanding the scientific promise of stem cell research and complicating the ethics debate that surrounds it.
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Hmmmm. ARE you ATTACKING President Bush or is THIS just a MISTAKE? I would LIKE to know.
I believe this is on that list of burning questions like "Is the Pope Catholic?"
It seems they too are uncertain about the status of the 1993 restriction.
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From: Ken Connor, President
Date: July 9, 2002 - Tuesday
To: Friends of Family Research Council
White House Quietly Approves Fetal Research
During the campaign, candidate George W. Bush told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, "I oppose using federal funds to perform fetal tissue research from induced abortions." Yet the Chicago Tribune reported on Sunday that in May the administration quietly approved such research. The National Institutes of Health now can conduct research on aborted fetuses up to eight weeks after conception.
The administration pleads that its hands are tied by a 1993 law.
But if this is so, then why the secrecy? FRC today sent a letter to President Bush expressing our dismay and urging him to repeal this unwise decision. As the president said in his stem cell speech last August, even noble ends do not justify any means. Using aborted fetuses for research provides a perverse incentive for abortions and legitimates the killing of the innocent unborn after the fact. We urge President Bush to reconsider and repeal this unconscionable decision. FRC's letter to the president can be viewed on our web site FRC
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If legislative action is needed to repeal, let's go for it. If the President can do it by EO or other means he has at his disposal, let's ask him to do that.
Best to all,
Richard F.
Cheers,
Richard F.
There was nothing wrong with my post and I stand by it 100%.
President Bush still has great power to facilitate change in regards to this situation, right?
And it is true that change cannot come by the means of uninformed or apathetic leaders. President Bush either didn't know about these fetal stem cell research rules or he chose to ignore them. Either way, it is not a good scenerio. Now that the public and news media has alerted him to this atrocity, I sincerely hope and pray that President Bush and his staff will either start writing or propose legislation in order to stop this atrocity. The only Constitutional limitation on Bush's part is that he could not introduce this legislation in Congress, but I am sure that a pro-life Congressman would be willing to do this for him.
Did you download this unique software from deport?
Interesting. The statement that God knows your heart, President Bush's heart, and the hearts of all those who may be speaking against him unfairly sounds like "paranoia" to you.
You wouldn't be a total fraud, would you? Just asking. What I said would make perfect sense to all the Christians I know.
The gurl can't hep it, don'tcha yuse see.
Tell me something. Do you ever feel like you're wasting your time around here presenting people with facts? Of course, I'm not suggesting you stop - you perform a valuable service that is much appreciated. It's just that it seems people who need to read your posts the most ignore them. Now, why is that?
President Bush and his staff can either use the bullypulpit to push their pro-life agenda onto Congress, they can write legislation, or they can even propose legislation opposing this research to any pro-life Congressman. Either way, President Bush still has much power over this situation.
Given the context and the poster, yes it does.
I wasn't even posting to you, but you answered. Maybe you're feeling convicted, and your response is to flag your friends and try to ridicule me.
If you are a Christian, you know that what I'm saying is true. God knows every word we say to each other, and every word we say about President Bush. That means if you're going to accuse him, you'd better be right.
And what, praytell, am I accusing him of?
Well, I suppose I can take that to mean you're in total support of President Bush. Glad to hear it.
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