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Should President Bush temporarily suspend his ban on the use of stemcells?(Vanity)
9 June | Me

Posted on 06/09/2004 5:41:22 PM PDT by aft_lizard

Should President Bush temporarily lift his ban on new lines of stemcells?

I say he should. Not because of the death of Reagan but because if we dont the rest of the world will leave us behind in this burgeoning field. Not to mention that so long as fetuses are being destroyed during abortion, we might as well not let there sacrifices go in complete vain.


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KEYWORDS: nancyreagan; research; ronaldreagan; stemcell; stemcells
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To: aft_lizard

The living give their consent to donate their organs.


41 posted on 06/10/2004 9:03:48 AM PDT by Paul Atreides (Didn't your father tell you that unnecessary excerpting will make you go blind?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

That is apples and oranges. A myopic comparison at best. Maybe a woman should be jailed for drinking and killing a fetus that she didnt even know existed yet in her. I am not pro-abortion but I also am not so blind to the fact that as we speak millions of babies are being killed for worthless causes, at least since they have already been killed by somebody elses hand then we should at least give them a chance at providing life to those who cherish it. Otherwise just like you are being selfish as much as they who commited the crime of abortion.


42 posted on 06/10/2004 9:04:38 AM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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To: Knight Templar

Thats right there is no ban on stem cell research, there is a ban on harvesting new lines from embryo's. Which people can claim that stem cells from adults are just as good, the science simply doesnt prove out on that.


43 posted on 06/10/2004 9:06:45 AM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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To: Paul Atreides

Not in all cases, sometimes the family members are givin the option for them.


44 posted on 06/10/2004 9:07:55 AM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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To: gargoyle

Yes I do have an agenda. I believe that all life deserves a chance, and if that means using the life of those who have already been damned so be it.It is a burgeoning field, unquestionable. It is the future of medical cures for genetic diseases.


45 posted on 06/10/2004 9:11:57 AM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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To: aft_lizard

I think you meant ban on embryonic stem cells. There is no ban on using adult stem cells.


46 posted on 06/10/2004 9:20:11 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: ambrose

I thought they can get stem cells another way without using fetal cannibalism.


47 posted on 06/10/2004 9:25:17 AM PDT by Milligan
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To: aft_lizard

I'm glad that morality is relative in your world. It's not in mine.

If the ban was the right decision at the time (and I believe it was). It is still the right decision.


48 posted on 06/10/2004 9:26:07 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Thank you for everything President Reagan.)
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To: aft_lizard

I think President Bush should take a page from President Reagan's book and stand up for what he truly believes in.


49 posted on 06/10/2004 9:28:30 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: aft_lizard
I do know that destroying an embryo is destroying life... what is your point? Using stem cell from a destroyed embryo is acceptable to save the life of another??? I guess the end justifies the means??

Yes..your definition of Pro Life is different than mine..

50 posted on 06/10/2004 11:47:29 AM PDT by Bob Eimiller (Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Leahy, Kucinich, Durbin Pro Abort Catholics Excommunication?)
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To: aft_lizard
..."those who have already been damned" Who determines that???

...I agree, an individual that wants to donate their body to science should not restricted from doing so...

51 posted on 06/10/2004 3:56:50 PM PDT by gargoyle
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To: aft_lizard; antiRepublicrat; GovernmentShrinker; All
You Do realize, don't you, that embryonic stem cells DO NOT come from aborted fetuses?

Just a small point, but nearly every thread on this this past week has either ignored it totally or the folks on them have been uninformed on the fact.

The cells used are taken from frozen embryos left over from fertility treatments, which would have been destroyed. They were never even implanted in a woman. Once again, THEY WOULD BE DESTROYED ANYWAY.

The hyperbole about "strip-mining babies" or "cannabalism" or "cloning for spare parts" is little more than hysterical hand-wringing.

52 posted on 06/10/2004 6:36:22 PM PDT by Long Cut (Certainty of Death, small chance of Success...What are we waiting for?...Gimli the Dwarf)
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