Parkinson's Action Network wrote: > Unfortunately, our job in the Senate is not yet finished. Senator > Dan Coats (R-IN) has introduced an amendment prohibiting the use of > any of the funds allocated by the Udall language from being used for > any research or therapy involving the use of human fetal tissue. > In order to preserve the victory acheived with today's overwhelming > passage of the Wellstone/McCain amendment IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE > COATS AMENDMENT BE DEFEATED! Please call your Senators first thing > Thursday morning and urge them to vote against the Coats Amendment. There are two Coats amendments. The above refers to SP1077: SP1075 - look into how NIH funding priorities are set. SP1077 - fetal tissue ban Phil Tompkins