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Bush vetoes embryonic stem-cell bill

Today Bush decided to use his first veto. I am going to look at why he said he did it, make some comments, and point out some things to think about.

Bush said Wednesday afternoon.”This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others, It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect. So I vetoed it.”

SEC. 498D. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

The House bill would expand the supply of embryonic stem cells by allowing federally funded research on cells derived from embryos created for fertility treatments, or donated from in vitro fertilization clinics. Those embryos would have to be in excess of the clinical needs for infertility treatments, and otherwise destined to be discarded. They would have to be obtained with written consent, and acquired without any payment to the donors. Take a look at it I put a link to it above. I would argue that letting these organizations throw away stem cells; that could be used for research to save lives crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect. It would not take innocent human life, but save innocent human lives. Remember they are going to throw away these stem cells. One way or another they are going to be destroyed just because the are to old, or we could use them to save human lives.

Bush said, “If this bill were to become law, American taxpayers would, for the first time in our history, be compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos, and I’m not going to allow it.”

Again I point out these stem cells are going to be destroyed either way. So the question is; save lives or just throw them away.

Attending the White House event were a group of families with children who were born from “adopted” frozen embryos that had been left unused at fertility clinics.

“These boys and girls are not spare parts,” he said of the children in the audience. “They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. They remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells.”

O.K. lets look at this. Their are about 400,000 frozen embryos, and 70 donor couples, along with 48 other couples seeking to have children has received embryos. Sixteen babies were born. The rest of the embryos will be discarded those are the ones they want to use for research to save lives.

The problem with ‘embryo adoption’

Bush said, “If this bill were to become law, American taxpayers would, for the first time in our history, be compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos, and I’m not going to allow it.”

Actually the bill would take embryos that were to be destroyed, and use them for research to save the lives of humans. By vetoing the bill Bush slowed research that has the ability to save more lives than any thing else in our history.

In August 2001, Bush announced that his administration would allow federal funding only for research on about 60 stem-cell lines that existed at the time. Researchers have since found that many of those lines are contaminated and unusable for research.

Some use this to say Bush is a proponent of stem cell research, but we know these stem cells are inadequate for research, Why would it be O.K. to use these stem cells but not others? That sounds like a flip flop to me.

Scientists say stem cells could be a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s diseases, spinal cord injuries, diabetes, strokes, burns and more. Also Lawrence T. Smith, chairman of the American Diabetes Association, called the veto “a devastating setback for the 20.8 million American children, and adults with diabetes and those who love and care for them.”

According to the wall street journal the majority of americans 3/4 of them; support stem cell research take a look.

Most Americans Back Research
Using Stem Cells, Poll Shows

A Republican has refused the majority of America stem cell research; the President used his first veto in 5 years to deny Americans, and the world possible treatments for terminal illnesses.

I am proud to say that their is someone doing something about this situation. A Mainstream Democrat, one of the members of the New Democratic movement Hillary Clinton a member of the DLC. It’s up to Congress to overturn the veto, and restore the hope Bush has taken away. Sign on today to stand with Hillary in favor of overturning Bush’s stem cell veto. Make the right choice, and click below to sign the petition.

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