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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by specfiction[/i] [br]Here is an amazing story about the latest Blastocyst Stem cell bill, which will be sent to the President, but doesn’t have a veto proof majority. The most amazing things about this story are the following excerpts: First is this statement: “He also said a recent report by the U.S. Catholic Conference listed numerous breakthroughs involving research conducted on adult stem cells, cord blood and amniotic fluid, none of which involve the destruction of a human embryo.” The Catholic Church is telling scientists how to do research. They presume to suggest the routes that should and should not be followed. This is a little reminiscent of society’s approach to astronomy in the time of Copernicus. Second, this statement: "You're talking about spare embryos now but if it ever did work ... it would require the killing of millions of embryos," said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. Here it sounds as if they’re really afraid that Bastocyst Stem cell research will work! Imagine that. Perhaps this is the real reason that these groups appose it…. Here's the story:[url="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3255358"]Stem Cell Veto[/url] Another article about the Veto: [url="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/stemcell_veto.html"] Stem Cells[/url] And the reaction of the AAAS: [url="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/aaft-aco062007.php"]Stem Cell Veto[/url] ____________ Specfiction [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.