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{\plain June 22, 2001 \par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain Letters to the Editor\par
}{\plain \i The New York Times}{\plain \par
}{\plain 229 West 43 Street\par
}{\plain New York, New York 10036\par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain To the Editor:\par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain It is troubling to learn that the Administration is still considering banning scientific research using 
cells from human embryos  (}{\plain \i \'93Bush Leans Against Support for Stem-Cell Research}{\plain ,\'94 June 22).  \par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain The politics of stem-cell research is qualitatively different from that of other reproductive health 
issues, such as choice in abortion, that have divided decent people over a generation.   For most 
people who have thought seriously about the issue, including many who consider themselves 
conservatives, the issue is not a matter of \'93pro-choice\'94 vs. \'93anti-choice,\'94 but \'93pro-life,\'94 in the 
truest, richest sense, vs. scientific censorship.   As Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a widely-respected conservative, courageously and memorably put it just the other day, the research is 
\'93consistent with bedrock pro-life, pro-family values.\'94   Even the source of such stem-cells \'96 by-products of the process of}{\plain \i  in vitro}{\plain  fertilization that some women depend on to become pregnant   
-- is by its very definition \'93pro-life.\'94\par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain Those organizations like my own whose goal is to conquer disease, and those millions of victims 
to whom our work is dedicated, continue to hope that the President will leave federal funds free 
to support this vital area of research  \'96 and perhaps go on to use the \'93bully pulpit\'94 of his office to 
educate those among his supporters who do not yet fully understand the issue.\par
}{\plain \par
}{\plain Robin Anthony Elliott\par
}{\plain Executive Director, The Parkinson\'92s Disease Foundation \par
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