Bet he got a "briefing" or two after that one.
"There is only one pro-life position. A human being exists at fertilization; he or she is a person; and the human embryo is being destroyed for the sake of taking the stem cells. That is killing — it is direct killing — and the President really has no choice."
Judie Brown - American Life League president. - Source
"Dr. Elias Zerhouni is the President's nominee for Director of the NIH."
..."Confirmation hearing exerpts led by the "humble" (according to Warner) Ted Kennedy:
..."As Executive Vice Dean at Johns Hopkins I was instrumental in creating an Institute for Cell Engineering. Primarily because I was concerned about the lack of federal funding to advance the fundamental research needed in this new and fledging field. This is why I believe that in the current state of science the August 9 policy set by the president was an important advance. For the first time it allowed NIH funding for stem cell research, something which had not been in the previous administration.
...We still have to go on, but there is another important topic that all of you have raised. And, that is that after years of effort from you, Senators, and the rest of the members of Congress, the doubling of the budget is almost here to be completed, as proposed by President Bush. This occurred despite all the difficulties faced by the nation.
...I think there are diseases we can't prevent for sure, but those that are preventable we need to do a lot more than what we're doing. Particularly, in terms of the drivers of behavior that leads people to really hurt themselves.
...MIKULSKI: Just one other, as you can see, the Liberal Arts graduates are trying to hang in there. Just a question about, on Page 3 of your testimony, Dr. Zerhouni, about the Institute for Stem Cell Engineering at Hopkins. If we go to the third paragraph from the bottom on page three, you say I was instrumental in creating an institute for stem cell engineering. Primarily because I was concerned about the lack of federal funding to advance the fundamental research still needed in this promising but fledging field.
Zerhouni Nomination Further Proof of Bush Betrayal on Embryonic Stem Cells
Commentary by Patrick Delaney
Assistant Director of Public Policy
American Life League
May 4, 2002
"With the recent nomination of Dr. Elias Zerhouni of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to head the National Institute of Health, Bush has taken another step that will ultimately only serve those who favor unlimited embryo research.
Last month American Life League’s Judie Brown was the lone voice to issue a warning that Zerhouni “is a man who has pushed embryo destruction at Johns Hopkins University and will undoubtedly promote embryo killing on the federal level.” ALL pointed out that “Zerhouni was a driving force in establishing the Institute for Cell Engineering, (at John Hopkins) which intends to advance embryonic stem cell research.”