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Let's call it "stealth human-cloning legalization." It's easy to do: First, write a proposed law that you claim outlaws human cloning. But then, engage in a little slight of hand here, some redefining of a few crucial terms there, and voila! — your supposed cloning ban actually authorizes human cloning, implantation, and gestation through the ninth month. That is what New Jersey legislators did when they passed and then Governor James McGreevey signed S-1909 last year, a law that was sold to the public as outlawing human cloning but which actually permits the creation of cloned human life, and its...

The Neolib Attack on Adult Stem Cells By Michael Fumento  November 11, 2004 The only beneficiaries of ESC therapy to date have been these guys, and precious few at that.   Among the magazines even die-hard right-wingers should sometimes read are the neo-liberal ones The New Republic and the Washington Monthly. They often contain thoughtful articles with stimulating fresh thinking. Alas that makes it all the worse when they publish something moldier than a slab of Roquefort cheese. So it is with their current combined attack on adult stem cell research, designed to support the alternative of embryonic stem cells....

November 11, 2004   Dear Pro-Life Friends:   Today's Star Ledger article (link below) reports that state debt grew $12 billion during McGreevey's three years in office.  This article appeared one day after two researchers appeared at a Press Conference in Trenton lobbying for an additional  $1 billion bond issue for the NJ Stem Cell Institute.   Please read my press release which can be found below the link to the Star Ledger article.   Contact your two state Assembly members and State Senator and urge them to oppose this bond scheme as well as any proposal to continue taxpayer funding in the budget for the NJ...

Contact Info. for those out of state is at the bottom of this post, you can contact the: stem cell institute, gov. mcgreevey, and the NJ State Democrap and Republican Chairs. We have just learned that Governor Jim McGreevey may be seeking employment at the NJ Stem Cell Institute when he leaves office. Please read the Press Release below.  Please contact your two NJ state Assembly Members and your State Senator to express your outrage at this prospect.  Seek assurances that your lawmakers will do everything in their power to block this effort. To find out who your legislators are, you can...

Harvesting Those Fetal Body Parts By Kelly Patricia O'Meara Scientists depend on human body parts for research they believe may yield breakthroughs in a number of diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, that affect millions of people. But the public largely is unaware of the way the laundry list of body parts for scientific research is filled. Those who oppose using human flesh for research wonder if knowing the gruesome details would make a difference to those who support the practice. Actual requests for body parts such as a "whole intact leg, including the entire hip joint," come with special...