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Hi Terry, I do have PD have had it from 1997 had signs of something wrong for at least 5 years before. I was also replying to the big NO SPERM thing you do not need it to make life NOW. ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Bowers <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 6:14 AM Subject: Re: Debra/no sperm in SCNT > Dear Janice, > > I for one am opposed to reproductive cloning, which aims to create human > beings by cloning human embryos. But I'm not alone. Patients advocacy groups > and leading scientists, including the National Academy of Sciences, and a > huge majority of the American people agree that human reproductive cloning > should not be pursued. > > What we're talking about here is that SCNT could lead to dramatic new > treatments and cures for now-incurable diseases and medical conditions. SCNT > could be used to help nearly 100 million Americans suffer from cancer, > Alzheimer's, diabetes, Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries, heart disease, > ALS, and other devastating conditions for which treatments must still be > found. Proof of the principle for SCNT has been established in recently > published research on disease in mice.Moreover SCNT is widely supported in > the U.S., for instance by the Nation's leading medical scientists, including > the National Academy of Sciences, major patient advocacy organizations, the > American public, Republicans and Democrats and religious leaders. > > However the Brownback bill would have devastating results. It would ban > SCNT, or therapeutic cloning, cutting-off hope to millions of Americans with > life-threatening diseases; make it illegal for U.S. citizens to seek SCNT > treatment abroad. This means that a patient who may have little hope left > could be thrown in jail upon re-entry to the U.S. if they went to another > country to have treatment using SCNT. The bill calls for sending any U.S. > scientist to jail for developing SCNT therapies in a petri dish; makes it > illegal for U.S. scientists to import SCNT therapies that were developed in > other countries. In short, passage of Brownback-or any ban on this > research-runs counter to our nation's history as the world's leader in > biomedical research.Even a temporary ban on SCNT (such as a moratorium) > would cripple this promising field and delay patients' access to potentially > life-saving treatments. > > And one final point that I would like to make. When we start saying when > life begins and when life ends and God is for this science and God is > against that science, we limit God. How can we as His creation begin to know > the true mind of God? > > Sincerely, > > Terry Bowers > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janice Morgan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 5:40 AM > Subject: Re: Debra/no sperm in SCNT > > > > Dear Rayilyn Brown, > > I hear what you are saying, does that mean that Dolly the sheep that was > a > > clone from an egg no sperm not a real sheep. What about the kitten that > came > > from an egg no sperm was that a real kitten. I saw on TV where and > > independent company cloned an mans DNA from an egg and they said if it was > > implanted into an woman it would become a child. Just because there is no > > sperm involved does not mean there is no life. Janice > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn