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Diane has been contacting congressional candidates. The congressional map that will allow you to contact them did not copy. If you want it, let me know and I'll send it to you. Ray The politicians we elect to office in November will shape the future of stem cell research in the United States. They will do so by making fundamental decisions about funding, regulating, or prohibiting the research. Patients and their families and friends urgently need government to fund stem cell research, so that we may treat, and even cure some terrible illnesses, such as juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Multiple Sclerosis. And we are aghast at legislative measures that would actually outlaw this potentially life-saving research. Our task is both to educate the public, including our elected l representatives, and to communicate to voters where candidates stand on stem cell research issues, so that people can vote in an informed way. On the U.S. map below, click on a state to get information about that state. We hope over the next several months to gather information about the status of stem cell research in each state in the nation. This information will include the views on the research of current political office holders and of candidates for office. To help voters in each state vote intelligently, we will write and publicize a "scorecard" that presents the views of office-holders and candidates. Because people are only now becoming involved with this grassroots campaign, many states are not yet represented. If you would like to help us educate voters about where current office-holders and candidates stand on stem cell research issues, please contact a SCAN committee advocate in your state or contact: Idelle Datlof. If there is not yet a SCAN committee member in your state, please consider becoming one yourself. Email or telephone us and we'll talk. Questionnaire Five questions we are asking candidates to find out where they stand on stem cell issues 1) Have you proposed or voted on any legislation to fund or regulate stem cell research? If so, what did you propose? How did you vote? 2) Is there pending legislation (in your state) on this issue? If so, what is your position on this legislation? 3) What is your position on the use of excess embryos from IVF clinics for the purpose of stem cell research? 4) Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), also known as "therapeutic cloning," uses a donated egg cell and replaces its nucleus with the nucleus of a mature cell to grow stem cells. What is your position on funding, regulating, or outlawing SCNT? 5) In the future, what legislation are you likely to initiate, support, or oppose that will fund, regulate, or outlaw stem cell research? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn