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5/7/2004
Three " flat earth stem cell thinkers" respond and their accuser rebuts
Friday, May 07, 2004
<A HREF="http://www.illinoisleader.com/columnists/columnistsview.asp?c=14531">"Related Article: It's a mad, mad, mad, mad embryonic kill bill, by Jill
Stanek, May 4</A> Rayilyn Brown stated on May 5 that the "stall regarding stem cell
research stymies progress" [<A HREF="http://www.illinoisleader.com/letters/lettersview.asp?c=14575">"Pro-life flat Earth thinkers lack compassion,"</A>]. I
beg to differ with her. The progress of research using adult stem cells is
truly astounding. If one takes a few moments to read just a few of the reports,
it will take one's breath away. Papers published in the highest quality
peer-reviewed medical journals unequivocally show the value of adult stem cells. Here
are just a few examples:
Adult stem cells from bone marrow can form new blood vessels, which could
prevent the progression of a major form of blindness in developed countries.
Adult stem cells from muscle could be transplanted and reverse muscular
dystrophy.
Even more exciting are the results reported by cardiologists at the European
Society of Cardiology in Vienna, Austria. They found that adult stem cells
could repair damaged hearts in patients, and four patients had such marked
improvement in heart function that they were removed from the list of patients
needing a heart transplant. Meanwhile, the transplantation of aborted fetal brain
cells into Parkinson patients has produced such awful results that surgery was
needed to correct movement disorders that were worse than the patients had to
begin with. I prefer to have the government spend my tax dollars for research
that has real results using tissues that do not require killing millions of
human embryos. I suppose that makes me a "flat earth thinker." Leonard P. Rybak,
M.D., Ph.D.
Springfield ****** I have compassion for Rayilyn Brown who values her life at
the expense of the unborn. Her argument plays like a broken record among so
many abortionists, who always want to upgrade their quality of life at the
expense of helpless, defenseless, unborn babies. Cancer and Parkinson's Disease
are not caused by an abundance of pro-lifers, any more than Christopher Reeve's
disability is. Reeve's challenge is directly associated with high-risk leisure
time (i.e. horseback riding). While no one knows the cause of Rayilyn Brown's
cancer and Parkinson's Disease, one thing is certain--pro-lifers are not
responsible for her health problems, as she would like us to believe. Health
issues are now epidemic among American families, the same as are junk diets and
poor eating habits. My family has no history of serious illnesses. Perhaps credit
goes to my late father, who spent his long life not only growing wholesome
foods, but making sure fresh produce was on the table every day. While Rayilyn
Brown seems a fervent abortionist, I'm not deterred from helping her regain
health. She certainly has a good chance for recovery if she would only swear off
processed foods and adopt a fresh-food diet. Once she recovers fully and
regains optimal health, she might conclude that killing babies is not the road to
salvation, any more than is blaming President Bush and those of us who are
pro-life. If a wholesome diet improves Rayilyn Brown's quality of life, perhaps
she'd admit that she is the anti-science, flat-earth thinker--not those of us
who champion lives of unborn babies. Ron Kilber
Phoenix, AZ ****** Lunacy is the best term to describe Illinois House Bill
3589. Just as abortion has become big business, I could see harvesting embryos
as becoming bigger business. Good intentions do not justify this act. Also, in
response to Rayilan Brown's letter regarding Jill Stanek's column: yes, your
life does count for something--just the same as an aborted eight week old
embryo's life. Steve Helminiak
Chicago ****** With SCNT (somatic cell nuclear transfer) there is an
unfertilized egg (no sperm, no conception) and one's own DNA from somatic cells--so
whose life am I taking if this technique is developed to cure my Parkinson's
Disease? All legislation proposed so far bans reproductive cloning, so there
would be no delayed twin, no way. Why don't you "pro-lifers" oppose in-vitro
clinics? Embryos are routinely destroyed there, bite the dust, don't make the
grade, or aren't viable in the process of the reproduction, oftentimes, of litters.
I am not "pro-abortion" but "pro-choice". I had cancer--not kids, and was
never the victim of rape or incest nor was I an unmarried pregnant person. I will
never have to make that decision; why do you want to make it for someone
else? What are your credentials for this kind of control? If you don't want an
abortion, then don't have one. But the abortion issue has nothing to do with stem
cell research. So stop trying to confuse people. You're going to have to deal
with the latest human engineering research which would enable two men or two
women to have a child. How do you like them apples? Rayilyn Brown
Murrieta, CA *************** For your information, articles, columns,
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