I can reach the site with http://www.aclj.org
then go to "On the Issues"on the left hand side, then under "Pro-life" click
on Stem Cell Research, it's under the FAQ section.
Ray
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From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "parkinsn" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: Fw: Bush's executive order on personhood


> I'm posting this again because a list member got a blank with
> http://www.aclj.org
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> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "parkinsn" <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: "Don C. Reed" <[log in to unmask]>; "Diane Wyshak"
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:01 PM
> Subject: Bush's executive order on personhood
>
>
>> Here is the info from  the www.aclj.org site on helping the "decider":
>>
>> Tim from Missouri asks:
>>
>> Could the President issue an executive order or make a proclamation
>> stating that personhood begins either at fertilization or chromosome
>> alignment in order to help avert some of the problems that we have with
>> stem cell research, abortion, and things like that? We've recognized
>> personhood through things like the Fourteenth Amendment and Lincoln did
>> it with the Emancipation Proclamation.
>>
>> Jay answers: The personhood issue is a very good one to consider. Walter
>> Weber, from our office in Washington, DC, has written extensively on
>> this, and this is one of the approaches we think needs to be taken in
>> dealing with this issue: if you declare personhood to be at the time of
>> conception, then constitutional guarantees begin at that time, including
>> life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- and particularly here,
>> life; it would also include due process rights. We think personhood does
>> a lot in that regard, and that would be a good concept. When the
>> President was sworn in, one of the first acts he did was to stop the
>> funding of abortions overseas. The President since then, in very clear
>> statements, has come out and made it very clear that he's opposed to any
>> type of cloning, whether therapeutic or reproductive. I think his
>> decision on stem cell research was also very measured and very correct,
>> not allowing for new stem cell development, which would be creating life
>> to destroy it. I think he's made a statement; and a Presidential
>> proclamation in and of itself won't do the job, because it could still be
>> declared unconstitutional by a court. So, what you want to see here is
>> movement within the Capitol, and that's something we're working on. We
>> don't have a quick answer to that, but as I said, we are working on it,
>> and personhood is a good way to go. This life issue is critical, and as
>> I've been reporting, Frank Manion from our Midwest office recently went
>> to trial and won a major case involving the life issue, specifically the
>> right of conscience. In that case, a nurse was fired because she refused
>> to dispense the "morning-after" pill due to her religious beliefs. I
>> believe the decision in that case is going to have gigantic
>> ramifications.
>>
>> You can find more information on this or other topics related to your
>> religious freedom on our "Issues Index" page.
>>
>>
>

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