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Rayilyn, Excellent letter. George L. Bousliman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rayilyn Brown" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:43 AM Subject: Reproductive and Therpeutic Cloning > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn