Defending the Truth

I am confused. I thought that the new stem cell lines would be created from embryos that were donated by couples who had them in storage at fertility clinics but did not wish to use them.

In that case they would be killed anyway.

Does anyone have a link to the actual text of the bill vetoed today?

What about the "estimated 400,000 embryos are unused and frozen at fertility clinics". There seems to be a ready supply of them.

Bush vetoes stem-cell bill, disappoints advocates - Yahoo! News

Bush ...... believes it's morally wrong????????
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000 - washingtonpost.com

Democracy Now! | Headlines for October 11, 2006

Bush is an idiot.

Any arguments?

Oh yes, how disappointing. Once again the President has vetoed a bill that goes against his deeply held beliefs.

The poor scientists. They cannot create cells to try new experiments. So they cry and cry and cry about it, hoping to convince enough of the people to influence change. Unfortunately, there is one small problem. Although the President has vetoed federal funds, private funds as well as funds from the states are still available. Both Missouri and California have passed legislation allowing for the creation of embryonic stem cells.

Because of the desire for federal funding we have to hear about this drama. Perhaps science should spend more time studying the uses of stem cells from adults, children and cord blood samples, cells that have already shown therapeutic uses. Or better yet, maybe they should get with the researchers who have recently reprogrammed skin cells to function like embryonic cells or even the ones that have successful utilized cells from amniotic fluid and placentas.

But that would be too easy. No we have to draw a line in the sand and say the only way to do research is to create an embryo so we can destroy it. Where does it stop. If it is legitimate science to create embryos to research cures for disease, will we next allow for the creating of life so that we can harvest organs???? Would the benefits of this not outweigh its negatives??

dmk

It is interesting the the US government has no qualms about funding nuclear weapons research that has no purpose other than to destroy this world and it's people. This sounds like hypocrisy on a grand scale to me.

There in lies the problem. No one is concerned with HIS beliefs. He is a public servant. HIS beliefs are irrelevant. He is there to best serve the will of the people who elected him. Last time I checked, Jesus was not a registered voter...

I became physically angry when I heard the speech where Bush said something to the effect of, he cannot condone spending federal funds to support the loss of human life because it is immoral...

This evil bastard will kill tens of thousands of Iraqis, he'll send thousands of real humans to war to die, he'll execute criminals, but he won't harm something that isn't human, but merely a potential human? He's so full of shit his eyes are brown.

This son-of-a-bitch needs to be impeached. (not because of the stem cell thing)

Well said, tad.