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I sent this Young Parkinson's Petition to about everyone i could. Perhaps you would like to visit the site at the bottom. FOUR MORE YEARS - WHAT AN OUTRAGE! > To: President Bush and the U.S. Senate AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF > THE UNITED STATES AND THE U.S. SENATE AGAINST THE DECISION BY THE > PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS TO IMPOSE A FOUR YEAR MORATORIUM ON > SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER RESEARCH > > PETITION > The signers of this petition are vehemently opposed to the U.S. > government’s attempt to place a moratorium on Somatic Cell Nuclear > Transfer, or therapeutic cloning. We reject the findings issued by the > President’s Council on Bioethics, and in rebuttal offer statements made by > Dr. Harold Varmus, the former head of the National Institutes of Health > (NIH) and a nobel laureate. Dr. Varmus states that there is no > fertilization of the egg by sperm, no implantation in the uterus and no > pregnancy. He also says there is a profound distinction between cloning > with the intent of making a human being and research cloning to get a > handle on understanding and treating terrible diseases. > > Four years may not seem long to someone in good health, but it is an > eternity for someone with an incurable disease like Parkinson's, > Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, cancer, diabetes, or spinal cord injury. A moratorium > is a legislated death sentence for millions of living Americans. > > Scientists do many kinds of cloning every day, most of which is commonly > accepted. Cloning has allowed scientists to develop powerful new drugs and > to produce insulin and useful bacteria in the lab. Without embryonic > cloning Dr. Salk would have never found a polio vaccine. It also allows > researchers to track the origins of biological weapons, catch criminals, > and free innocent people. > > There’s a world of difference between cloning for medical research and > cloning to produce children. > > Submitted by Young Onset Parkinson’s Association > www.yopa.org Sincerely, <A HREF="http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?yopa2002">The Undersigned</A> > I signed this, Rayilyn, an old PWP with no life http://www.petitiononline.com/yopa2002/petition.html take a look at the YOung PARkinson's site ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn