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ME TOO PEGGY! I heard on TV that Senator Frish changed his position and I was SHOCKED! ... a POWERFUL REPUBLICAN.... CHANGED HIS POSITION.... thank you LORD... thank you PAN and thank you GRASSROOTS advocates... thank you Murray Charters and all those who "kept the faith" and continued to make those calls and send those letters... IT MADE A DIFFERENCE! When a powerful educated man can LISTEN and CHANGE his position on an issue as important as this... there is H O P E. And H O P E is everything... Gail Vass Peggy Willocks wrote: > The TOP story today on The Early Show was Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist > announcing his support for embryonic stem cell research. Being both an MD > and a respected part of the Bush administration (Ahem - from Tennesssee, I > might add! ) this (in my opinion) is VERY promising news! HR810, "Stem Cell > Enhancement Act of 2005," the bill recently passed by the House, freeing up > the use of excess embryos stored in fertility clinics, is being debated to > be passed AS IS on the Senate side. > > > > Today/s CNN headline and an excerpt reads: [b]Frist backs increased federal > stem cell funding[/b] > > > > [i]"Now is the time to expand the president's policy because it's promising > research, but it must be done in a way that is ethically considerate, that > respects the dignity of human life," said Frist, who also is a heart- and > lung-transplant surgeon.[/i] > > http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/29/frist.stem.cells.ap/index.html > > > > This is a compromise between ethical use of embryonic stem cells and the > religious objectors. It takes MILLIONS of stem cells to conduct this > promising research (which has shown more promise than hundreds of other > research projects that have been funded); and the use of undifferentiated > stem cells shortens t he path (undifferentiated means the cells have not > been "programmed" to become any specific tissue, allowing the cells to be > used more easily for growing brain, skin, heart, etc. cells ). In this > particular bill the excess embryos (now stored frozen) will be no more than > 4-5 days in development - the size of a pin-head - and written permission > must be obtained from those contributing the sperm and egg for their > creation "outside the womb." There will still be those who do not feel this > is ethical (and I respect this), but it means that strict guidelines for the > use of such cells must be formulated - which is MUCH needed. > > > > As said before, I am pro-life (anti-abortion), Christian, and tickled to > death to have Dr. Frist boldly come forth with th is decision! > > > > Peggy > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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