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Hi All, This piece speaks for itself... murray **************** Walk for Life participants vow to end fetal tissue research Jan. 21, 2001 | 7:19 p.m. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Anti-abortion activists gathered for the annual Walk for Life vowed to ban the use of fetal tissue in research. About 2,000 people rallied at the state Capitol on Saturday. This year, they aimed at supporting Legislative Bill 462, which would ban the use of fetal tissue from aborted fetuses. Nebraska Right to Life, which organizes the annual walk, opposes research involving embryos or aborted fetuses. The research became controversial after it became publicly known that fetal tissue obtained from abortions was used in research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. A similar bill failed last year. A group called Nebraskans for Research said a legislative ban on fetal tissue research would achieve very little while sacrificing important research into neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. ``Not a single unborn child will be saved by its enactment,'' the group said in a news release. ``Instead, a promising search for cures will be delayed significantly, prolonging the suffering of millions of people.'' AP-CS-01-21-01 2007EST http://www.postnet.com/postnet/News/wires.nsf/StateRegion/769959FD 4A8A69FA862569DC00062905?OpenDocument ***************** [log in to unmask]