Science > Abortion > Science, Including Stem Cell Research, Has a Learning Curve
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"aubrey stimola" |
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11 Aug 2004 09:35:45 AM |
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Science, Including Stem Cell Research, Has a Learning Curve |
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.426/news_detail.asp
August 9, 2004 marked the third anniversary of President Bush's
decision to limit federal funding of embryonic stem cell (ESC)
research to cell lines created before August 2001. On this
anniversary, First Lady Laura Bush defended her husband's policy and
suggested that his opponents, including Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry and members of former President Reagan's family,
have overstated the benefits of such research. Laura Bush used as
evidence the fact that "embryonic stem cell research is very
preliminary right now and that the implication that cures for
Alzheimer's are right around the corner is just not right and it's
really not fair to people who are watching a loved one suffer with
this disease."
Mrs. Bush and others making this argument have lost sight of three
very important truths....
to view the remainder of this article, please visit:
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.426/news_detail.asp
Aubrey Stimola is a research intern at the American Council on Science
and Health.
www.acsh.org and www.HealthFactsand Fears
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