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Do any of you know how an abortated fetus is disposed of??? I can tell you 25 years ago they were put in the garbage and thrown in the boiler that heated the Hospitals. What is done now I have no idea but I sure would like to know the truth on that subject now. Shirley ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ -----Original Message----- From: Greg Sterling <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 7:04 AM Subject: Re: ProHope Good news article & Bad news Anti-Abortion (Not ProLife) article >Linda, >I may be wrong, but my interpretation of McCain's stand on stem-cell >research is that he is for it as long as no aborted human embryos or fetal >material is used. Other sources such as bone marrow, umbilical cord etc. >seem to be OK with him. > >As far as George W. Bush I believe you don't have to look any farther than >his father for his opinions on anything. You surely remember the ban Pres. >Bush put on fetal cell transplant research. The Republican party's national >platform is strict pro-life in it's philosophy. No Republican candidate is >going to risk losing the support of the right wing conservatives by altering >that belief. Just look at the number of Republicans who are attempting to >have Roe v. Wade reversed. > >I'm not telling anybody who to vote for so please don't go getting all >defensive about defending your candidate or party. > >That's what I think for what it's worth. >Greg >47/35/35 >:) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Linda J Herman" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 7:29 AM >Subject: Re: ProHope Good news article & Bad news Anti-Abortion (Not >ProLife) article > > >> A suggestion for those looking for facts about the candidates and their >> records on important issues -- see Project Vote Smart >> http://www.vote-smart.org/ >> >> This site gives information on all candidates for public office --- >> President, Governors, Congress and State Legislatures. You can find out >> about the candidates backgrounds, their positions on issues such as >> health care, their voting records, campaign finances and ratings by >> special interest groups from throughout the political spectrum. Then you >> can draw your own conclusions. >> >> You can also search by keywords,the full text of candidates' speeches, >> issue statements and position papers. The Vote- Smart organization says >> they are completely non-partisan and are supported by the Ford, Carnegie >> and Pew Foundations, 3,000 public libraries, CNN, NBC and hundreds of >> other news organizations. >> >> I searched for McCains public statements about Parkinson's and found >> these 2: >> From a speech in Concord, NH 01/11/2000 >> SPEAKERS:U.S. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), REPUBLICAN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL >> CANDIDATE >> I'm honored to have had the support of the senior citizens in my state. >> I'm honored to have-from time to time engaged in humor with my dear >> friends. My dearest friend perhaps ever in the Congress of the United >> States was my dear and beloved friend Morris Udall, who I watched >> languish with PARKINSON's disease for six years. >> I will never ever lose my commitment to see that we do whatever we can to >> cure that terribly pernicious disease. >> >> 2) Talks To Sam Donaldson From His Home (Interview) >> 02/06/2000 >> Donaldson asked McCain about changing his position on fetal tissue >> research. >> >> DONALDSON: You promised the people of Arizona in a letter you would >> oppose it in January of 1992. And then, in April, you began a series of >> votes and you voted for it. >> Sen. McCAIN: Yes, I did. And I changed my position on that issue, and >> I'll tell you honestly-it probably shouldn't have been-but it was driven >> by the-watching the spectacle of my dear friend, Morris Udall, dying of >> PARKINSON's disease. His daughter, Ann Udall, and others came to me and >> said, 'Look, we got a way that we may be able to find a cure for this >> terrible disease.' I publicly announced that I was then supporting >> fissal-fetal tissue research. I'm not supporting abortion to provide it. >> I'm not-I'm adamantly opposed to the sale of it. But the fact is that >> I've been convinced that it's promising in a way to find a cure for a >> terrible, terrible disease. And I made no secret of my changing my >> position. And I've changed my position on several other issues when I've >> been convinced of it. >> So I-I misspoke in San Francisco, but I still think that I-most >> Americans-and by the way, it's like 93-to-4, Senator Thurmond voted for >> fetal tissue research and so did many others. Connie... >> DONALDSON: He's from South Carolina. >> Sen. McCAIN: Connie Mack and-and others. And-and they did that because of >> the information that we received that this would help in a dre-in trying >> to find a cure to a terrible disease. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------------------------- >> I'm a registered Democrat, so I cannot vote for or against McCain in my >> state's primary, but I greatly appreciate his past efforts on behalf of >> PD research funding and sponsorship of the Udall Bill. I also hope to >> hear further explanation of why he now opposes stem cell research. >> Linda Herman >>