The following message from  CuresNow was forwarded to me by Hilary Blue.
It is especially important if you live in: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia,
Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia.
Linda Herman

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From: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Letters 2 Senate on SCNT

> Do you think that our government should allow its citizens to use the
most
> promising technology available to create cures and therapies for ALS,
> cancer, heart disease,  Parkinsonšs, Alzheimeršs, diabetes, macular
> degeneration, spinal cord injury, auto-immune or neurological diseases?
>
> Do you live in one of the following 12 states:
> Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North
> Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia?
> (to get straight to the petition link, skip ahead!)
>
> There is a bill before the senate (Brownback/Landrieu Bill, s1899) that
for
> the first time in the history of our nation would criminalize an
important
> avenue of scientific research. A small but powerful group of religious
> fundamentalists is dangerously close to passing this bill which would
put
> scientists in jail for doing life-saving research.  Your Senator is
> considering backing this bill.
>
> We need to tell our Senators to vote against this bill.
>
> Now here comes the science part:
>
> What is this new science? Itšs called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
(SCNT),
> sometimes referred to as therapeutic cloning or research cloning. The
> process is simple: they would take one of your cells and put it into an
> unfertilized egg. This would produce stem cells that could be used to
> regenerate damaged tissue.
>
> We are all opposed to reproductive cloning (making babies). That should
be
> illegal. There is a bill that would ban reproductive cloning but allow
life
> saving research.
>
> Forty Nobel Laureates have signed a letter in support of SCNT.
Americašs
> most respected scientific organization, the National Academy of
Science,
> supports the continuation of embryonic stem cell research and SCNT, as
> does every major scientific or medical organization that has taken a
> position on the subject.
>
> The really scary part:
>
> If the Brownback Bill passes, not only would scientists be fined and
face
> up to ten years imprisonment, YOU COULD TOO. If they develop a cure in
one
> Of the many foreign countries that are now pursuing this research and
you
> went there to be treated, you could be fined and jailed when you
returned to
> the United States.
>
> For more information please refer to the following web sites:
www.nih.gov,
> www.stemcellfunding.org, or the site from which this letter originates:
> www.CuresNow.org. This letter is not asking you for money; it is asking
> you to educate yourself and it is asking you to give the most powerful
thing
> you possess: your voice.
>
> Please sign the petition to urge your Senator to say NO to this bill.
> Please cut & paste & email this letter to everyone you know in your
state
> and everywhere so that they may have the chance to decide to raise
their
> voice in the fight for science.
>
> PLEASE REMEMBER TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AFTER YOU
HAVE
> GONE TO THE SITE TO SIGN THE PETITION!
>
> This only works if you push it along!
>
> -TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html
>
> -VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/warner/petition.html
>
> -INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html
>
> -TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html
>
> -COLORADO http://www.petitiononline.com/colorado/petition.html
>
> -NEW MEXICO http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html
>
> -ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html
>
> -GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html
>
> -NORTH CAROLINA http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html
>
> -OREGON http://www.petitiononline.com/oregon/petition.html
>
> -MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html
>
> -MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html
>
> There are also petitions for:
> -WEST VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/virginia/petition.html
> -CONNECTICUT  http://www.petitiononline.com/connecti/petition.html
> -FLORIDA  http://www.petitiononline.com/FLno1899/petition.html
> -UTAH http://www.petitiononline.com/utah/petition.html
> These states are not on the "target" list at this time, but these
Senators
> would sure appreciate you support!
>
P.S.- If you do not live in one of the listed petition states, there are
> other opportunities to contact your Senator at www.camradvocacy.org
>
>
>
>
>
>

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