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30-Jan-2001 -- EWTN News Brief BUSH, CHENEY SIGNAL OPPOSITION TO ROE V. WADE, STEM- CELL RESEARCH WASHINGTON, DC, (CWNews.com) - President George W. Bush said on Friday that he would oppose research using cells taken from aborted children, which would apparently include controversial federal funding of researching using stem cells. Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday said the administration had not abandoned the idea of overturning the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Bush told reporters last week that he favors stem cell research using cells taken from adults over inquiry using cells from aborted children. He added, "I believe we can find stem cells from fetuses that died a natural death but I do not support research from aborted fetuses." When asked if he would sign an executive order banning the use of federal funds for the research, Bush said, "I will let you know when I decide all policy decisions." On Sunday, when asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" if the Bush administration will not try to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion, Cheney replied, "I didn't say that." "President Bush and I have talked-- both of us strong supporters of the pro-life position-- and the president's made it very clear the policy of this administration will be to try to find ways to reduce the incidence of abortion," he said. Bush opposes abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of a pregnant woman, although he supported a Republican Party platform calling for an absolute ban on abortion. Cheney said there are other ways to reduce the number abortions in the United States than overturning Roe v. Wade, including encouraging abstinence and adoption as well as making some types of abortions illegal. "Even if you could not, at this stage, build majority support for the notion of changing Roe v. Wade, there are areas out there where I think we can get majority support for, such as banning partial birth abortions," he said. "That legislation passed the Congress, was vetoed by President Clinton. I would hope we could go back and redo that." http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=11773 [log in to unmask]