----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <letters @news-leader.com> Cc: "Don C. Reed" <[log in to unmask]>; "Diane Wyshak" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: A matter of choice > Dear Editor: > > The purpose of Amendment 2, the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures > Initiative, > is to insure that stem cell cures approved > by America are not denied to Missourians. > > If a person decides he or she does not wish to take medicine derived from > that research, that is > their right. > > But do they have the right to deny that medicine to your family? > Jehovah's > Witnesses refuse blood transfusions and Christian Scientists do not seek > doctors for medical treatment, but these restrictions are not imposed on > those of us who do not share their religious faiths. > > There are some politicians who want to prevent stem cell research > from rescuing hundreds of thousands of suffering Missourians. These narrow > ideologues have tried again and again to shut off advanced stem cell > research in the Show Me state. > > A yes vote for Amendment 2 will give Missourians a choice for hope. > > Rayilyn Brown > 18507 N. Windfall Dr. > Surprise AZ 85374 > 623-584-5869 > [log in to unmask] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn