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Dear Editor, your reporter just called me re my request for an interview. When I told her I had to pay for a war I believe to be immoral, she said "let's leave that aside". This led me to believe I did not commmunicate my position very well. Due to Parkinson's I am losing my voice. For the record, the parallel is this: Mainly anti-abortion opponents of therapeutic cloning believe it is immoral because embryos are destroyed in the process; therefore why should the taxpayer pay for it? They equate these ndifferentiated cells with a human being or under the right circumstances a possible human being. Of course thousands of embryos have failed to implant in in vitro fertilization. They also believe therapeutic cloning could lead to reproductive cloning. They also argue that adult stem cells are superior to embryonic, which shouldn't matter if you believe it's immoral to begin with. The research has not been done so we won't know which kind of stem cells are successful for which disease.until the research is done. I do not believe these undifferentiated cells are a person, therefore the research is not immoral, in my opinion. Killing liviing human beings in war is immoral and if I want to live in this country there are many things I pay for I may not agree with. We need big money from the state and federal government to accelerate this much needed research, supported by most Nobel Laureates. Also, in the long run, leaving aside the human suffering involved, wouldn't finding cures or better treatments be cheaper than disease? I don't really care whether reproductive cloning is legal and funded or not, but I sure do care about therapeutic cloning. My position would be the same if I were well, but it is very difficult to fight an incurable disease and people who fear science at the same time. Rayilyn Brown 18507 N. Windfall Dr. Surprise, AZ 85374 623-584-5869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn