[TheForge] Way OT. Stem cell cures. (was: Doug Henderson )

[Bruce Freeman]

Yes, that is correct.  But this ban applies to ALL federal funding of
stem cell research.  

The government has made it very clear that it will take such bans to
the nth degree.  For example, our archconservative administration
opposes family planning to such a degree that we won't support efforts
to control population growth, and the related problems of infant
mortality, female pregnancy-related mortality, overpopulation,
malnutrition, inadequate education, etc.

Hence, and INSTITUTION that partakes in stem cell research can well
expect to be cut off from all federal funding.  Period. Any institution,
like NIH, that is a creature of government cannot even consider such
funding.

More information can be found at http://www.plannedparenthood.org/, for
those interested.

Bruce
NJ


>>> northpt at blarg.net 9/30/2004 5:08:31 PM >>>
On 30 Sep 2004 at 9:18, Bruce Freeman wrote:

snip.....
> 
> Unfortunately, human stem cell lines come from aborted fetuses.  You
> know the rest of the story.  The arch conservatives in office banned
> stem cell research, and that was the end of the story.
> 
> This is one of several reasons I'll be voting for Kerry this year.
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
> 

	The above is incorrect. There is no ban stem cell research. Only
on federal 
funding of research beyound the existing approved lines. 

	From http://slate.msn.com/id/2104983/        

	....." But no such ban exists. Embryonic stem-cell research is
unrestricted in 
the private sector. State and local governments can fund it as they
wish. The federal 
government spent nearly $200 million on adult stem-cell research last
year and 
nearly $25 million on research involving the roughly 20 approved
embryonic lines. As 
today's Washington Post observes, what Bush actually did was "to allow,
for the first 
time, the use of federal funds" for embryonic stem-cell research."


	





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