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I often feel helpless, because I want to voice my support for SCR, but I live in a very 'blue' state, NY, where people have traditionally been pretty modern in outlook. Both of our senators are Democrats, Pataki is pretty much of a social liberal, and I feel there's no one to write to except Rep. Tom Reynolds, who is a real fuddy-duddy. I suppose I could write to Calif., Ariz., Kansas, etc, but would they 'count' my letter or disqualify it because it's from outside the state? We just had local elections yesterday. Maybe I could try to get to know the new winners and find some buttons to push. I am going to check out stemcellbattles.com. Thanks. Enjoy Fall! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: More on CAs Prop 73 > URGENT - PROPOSITION 73 MAY CRIMINALIZE STEM CELL RESEARCH > If you live in California, know someone who lives in California, or > if you just plain support stem cell research, this concerns you. > > > > If you follow the column www.stemcellbattles.com, you know we are > very concerned about a new initiative: Proposition 73, the "Waiting > Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's > Pregnancy Initiative Constitutional Amendment" on the California > special election ballot just a few days from now. > > > > The bill sounds reasonable, at first. What parent would not want to > know about something so hugely important (and tragic) as their > child's abortion? > > > > The bill contains a poison pill: language which defines abortion as > the "death of the unborn child, a child conceived but not yet born," > (emphasis added)--and would place that new definition of life into > the California State Constitution. > > > > If microscopic cells can be legally defined as a child, scientists > doing embryonic stem cell research could be said to be murdering a > person. This insanity could stop the research altogether: or cause > years of litigation and delay, as the case winds its way through the > courts, all the way to an increasingly conservative Supreme Court. > > > > But remember that the California stem cell program has already been > sued on behalf of "Jane Doe", a fictional embryo. That case was > recently dismissed, but it can and probably will be brought again in > another court. It is ridiculous; but it could ruin everything. > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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