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Dear Bob, Thank you for sharing your letter and news of Nancy with us. I'm so sorry for your whole family that Nancy is having such a hard time of it now. I missed you, Nancy and your family at the forum this year, and worried about how she was doing. You are a remarkable person, as is Nancy. I still dearly hope that there is a chance of relief for Nancy. Best regards, Charlotte Mancuso On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:46:57 -0500 Bob Martone <[log in to unmask]> writes: > List, > > I sent the following response to the editor of our local paper in > reply > to a recommendation by another citizen that SR1899 Brownback Bill > be > allowed to prevail. > > > Bob Martone > [log in to unmask] > http://www.samlink.com/bmartone > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Martone [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 6:23 PM > To: Polk County Enterprise ([log in to unmask]) > Subject: Cloning understanding needed > > To the editor: > > J. Bell's article "Cloning laws needed" in your May 30, publication > came > up a little short on the options that the Senate will face soon in > the > cloning debate. SR 2439 which is co-sponsored by Democrats Kennedy > and > Feinstein, and Republicans Spector and Hatch would deal with the > subject > in a much more compassionate and responsible way. > > The issue here is not the cloning or potential to clone a human. > This > virtually everyone including me finds plenty of good reasons to slow > down, if not stop entirely, until the many ethical and technical > issues > on this subject can be better understood. > > Therapeutic cloning on the other hand is about developing cures for > diseases that kill and debilitate millions of people today. I know > because my wife is one of them. She and our family have suffered > from > Parkinson's disease for over 25 years. As a spouse, it is extremely > important to me to convey to the American people and to your > readers, > the truth about therapeutic cloning. > > Therapeutic cloning is fundamentally different than reproductive > cloning; therapeutic cloning produces stem cells, not babies. No > sperm > is ever used. The cells are not transplanted into a womb. And, > therapeutic cloning could allow patients to be cured using their own > DNA. > > People like Nancy deserve a chance at life. She can barely walk now. > Her > speech is slurred and barely audible. She can barely feed herself > and > perhaps worst of all she can no longer hold those grandchildren that > she > so cherishes. > > A vote for SR 1899 sponsored by Senator Sam Brownback would put > Nancy in > jail together with the scientists and doctors that would seek to > cure > her. As our senators and congressmen and our citizens become better > informed about these differences I pray that they will be able to > make > the distinction and vote to save lives not to imprison those who > would. > > Please call our Texas Senators and tell them to vote for SR. 2439 > Human > Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002. > > Bob Martone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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