Anyone seen this "anti-stem cell" ad?

[gulliver]

I'm seeing this in St. Louis, MO.

There is this twentyish girl sitting alone on the middle of the bed. She is distraught, trembling, on the verge of tears. Then she says something like, "I needed the money, so I sold my eggs. My mom is upset. Now they say I could get ovarian cancer or even be sterile. Some women might even die."

Finally, a voice over says something like, "Embryonic stem cell research will need a lot of eggs. If you support embryonic stem cell research, you are for duping innocent twenty-somethings into sterility and death." OK, I made up the last part, but the voice-over does say that embryonic stem cell research will need a lot of eggs.

I never knew embryonic stem cell research involved fraud and barbarism like this. I thought the embryonic stem cells came from embryos resulting from in vitro fertilization and would otherwise be thrown away. But would these people lie about something that important to sick people? Surely not.

[NYCGirl]

1. They'd lie about anything. That ad is a load. NT

[asthmaticeog]

2. They DID lie about something that important to sick people.

That's a giant crock of shit.

[Olney Blue]

3. Liars.

[Monkeyman]

4. Ad needs to have one against it

Stem Cell research could help a lot of veterans

[Kutjara]

5. Gee, they'll need a lot of sperm too.

I wonder if there's another ad showing a guy looking distraught, wailing "Waaa! They made me look at dirty mags and wank into a cup! Waaa!"

The voiceover could say something like, "Embryonic stem-cell research will need a lot of sperm. If you support embryonic stem cell research, you are for duping innocent twentysomethings into a lifetime of blindness and hairy palms."

What a crock!

[babylonsister]

6. That ad is so full of shit I don't know where to start.

I'm really speechless that that is airing and people buy it.
Who's paying for this swill?

[Bobbieo]

7. My best friend has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease _

BARF!!!!!

[Monkeyman]

10. Yep Lane Evans veterans committee came to mind

Thats why he has to step down

[gulliver]

8. I'll get the name of the organization next time I see it.

I assumed that a lot of people had seen it. Guess maybe not. Interesting that stem cell research is a big difference between Talent and McCaskill.

There is a great pro stem cell ad on too, and it is truthful.

[Monkeyman]

11. If we hit the Replugs on that issue they have no comeback

[4nic8em]

9. Whatever she got paid...

She could have made considerably more if she had sold her bacon too. What a bunch of rightwing bullshit.

[valerief]

12. I can take out my eggs. Fry 'em up in a pan. And never, never

let you forget you're a man. Cuz I'm a stem cell selling gal.

Sorry. Can't stop myself. The ad was too, too ridiculous.

[Berry Cool]

13. Are they trying to imply that young women sell their eggs just for

use in stem cell research? How bogus.

Also, I wasn't aware that donating eggs was so dangerous as they make it sound. This reminds me of the "abortions cause breast cancer" canard.

[valerief]

14. No, it looks like they're saying young women will be duped into

getting their eggs harvested and then get a terminal illness from it. I was just going to the next level. What kind of women willing sells her eggs? A bad li-bare-all!

[4nic8em]

15. *chuckle*

that is just beautifully funny.

[valerief]

16. You couldn't be a sping chicken either, if you remember that ad. nt

[blondeatlast]

17. Here's an antidote, at least, from StemPAC:

http://www.stempac.com/weblog/

http://www.stempac.com

The sad truth in 60 seconds.

[area51]

18. stem cell research

Those who want to deny the benefits of stem cell research to sick people are despicable. Why doesn't it surprise me that they'd lie like this?