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The following message from CuresNow was forwarded to me by Hilary Blue. It is especially important if you live in: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia. Linda Herman --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Letters 2 Senate on SCNT > Do you think that our government should allow its citizens to use the most > promising technology available to create cures and therapies for ALS, > cancer, heart disease, Parkinsonšs, Alzheimeršs, diabetes, macular > degeneration, spinal cord injury, auto-immune or neurological diseases? > > Do you live in one of the following 12 states: > Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North > Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia? > (to get straight to the petition link, skip ahead!) > > There is a bill before the senate (Brownback/Landrieu Bill, s1899) that for > the first time in the history of our nation would criminalize an important > avenue of scientific research. A small but powerful group of religious > fundamentalists is dangerously close to passing this bill which would put > scientists in jail for doing life-saving research. Your Senator is > considering backing this bill. > > We need to tell our Senators to vote against this bill. > > Now here comes the science part: > > What is this new science? Itšs called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), > sometimes referred to as therapeutic cloning or research cloning. The > process is simple: they would take one of your cells and put it into an > unfertilized egg. This would produce stem cells that could be used to > regenerate damaged tissue. > > We are all opposed to reproductive cloning (making babies). That should be > illegal. There is a bill that would ban reproductive cloning but allow life > saving research. > > Forty Nobel Laureates have signed a letter in support of SCNT. Americašs > most respected scientific organization, the National Academy of Science, > supports the continuation of embryonic stem cell research and SCNT, as > does every major scientific or medical organization that has taken a > position on the subject. > > The really scary part: > > If the Brownback Bill passes, not only would scientists be fined and face > up to ten years imprisonment, YOU COULD TOO. If they develop a cure in one > Of the many foreign countries that are now pursuing this research and you > went there to be treated, you could be fined and jailed when you returned to > the United States. > > For more information please refer to the following web sites: www.nih.gov, > www.stemcellfunding.org, or the site from which this letter originates: > www.CuresNow.org. This letter is not asking you for money; it is asking > you to educate yourself and it is asking you to give the most powerful thing > you possess: your voice. > > Please sign the petition to urge your Senator to say NO to this bill. > Please cut & paste & email this letter to everyone you know in your state > and everywhere so that they may have the chance to decide to raise their > voice in the fight for science. > > PLEASE REMEMBER TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AFTER YOU HAVE > GONE TO THE SITE TO SIGN THE PETITION! > > This only works if you push it along! > > -TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html > > -VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/warner/petition.html > > -INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html > > -TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html > > -COLORADO http://www.petitiononline.com/colorado/petition.html > > -NEW MEXICO http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html > > -ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html > > -GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html > > -NORTH CAROLINA http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html > > -OREGON http://www.petitiononline.com/oregon/petition.html > > -MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html > > -MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html > > There are also petitions for: > -WEST VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/virginia/petition.html > -CONNECTICUT http://www.petitiononline.com/connecti/petition.html > -FLORIDA http://www.petitiononline.com/FLno1899/petition.html > -UTAH http://www.petitiononline.com/utah/petition.html > These states are not on the "target" list at this time, but these Senators > would sure appreciate you support! > P.S.- If you do not live in one of the listed petition states, there are > other opportunities to contact your Senator at www.camradvocacy.org > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn