Sid,
The saddest part of the whole thing is, this article by Senator
Sam Boneblack starts thus:
Quote:
"Last week the federal government declared for the first time in our
history that it is acceptable for medical researchers to kill one human
being to help save another.
The National Institutes of Health's guidelines on embryonic
stem-cell research, as announced by President Clinton, would encourage
private researchers to kill living human embryos to obtain stem cells
for government-funded research. Proponents of these guidelines claim
that such research may be helpful in treating and curing a variety
of diseases." End Quote
Frightening isn't it?
just me,
Marjorie
At 04:47 PM 08/30/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Margie, RE: The Herald article:
><< There is a big article by Kansas Senator Sam Boneblack
> in the morning Miami Herald entitled RESEARCH VS. LIFE.
> In his article he states "Clearly, we must continue to fight to
> help cure disease and alleviate suffering. But why not use adult
> stem cells, which do not require the destruction of human life"?. >>
>
>Thanks for calling our attention to Senator Sam Boneblack's misbegotten
>concepts.
>Interestingly enough, the answer was in the same PIEN letter in an article by
>Janet Paterson quoting BBC.
>I quote from her letter: "...Daniel Salomon, of the Scripps Institute in
>California,
>reported he had shown that pig viruses, known as porcine endogenous
>retroviruses, could infect human cells"
>
>Although Mr. Salomon's report is important, it merely confirms something that
>the scientists have said all along was a real danger. So Senator Boneblack's
>question merely displays his lack of knowledge on the subject or a purposeful
>distortion of the facts to appeal to those who are appalled by the tough
>choices we face!
>
>I guess it's time for me to get towork and send my list of activists some
>more ammunition for their Congressman.
>(If anyone out there wants to be on my personal action list drop me a line. )
>Sid
