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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 03:05 AM
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The backward veto
July 21, 2006

President Bush's veto of an effort to expand federally funded embryonic stem-cell research shows once again how far he is willing to go to appease religious conservatives and set our country backward.

Once again, private religious beliefs drive public policy. The rest of the world is proceeding with embryonic stem-cell research because the possibilities for helping millions of people suffering from diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to diabetes to Parkinson's are too promising to sit still.

Of all the things to take a strong stand on, Bush's first veto in five years shows how out of touch he is with the needs and hopes of millions of Americans.

The stem cells involved would come from frozen embryos stored at fertility clinics. The majority of them await disposal because couples who produced them no longer want them.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003141105_stemed21.html
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 03:58 AM
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1. The people that are for the veto haven't even read the damn bill.
There just a pathetic bunch of freepers who lie just as much as there hero Dubya. God I all I fricken ask for is honesty in this "debate". Good article NVMOJO. A heartfelt thank you for posting this.
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