Step Forward for Stem Cell Research?
The U.S. Senate passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 810) yesterday by a vote of 63 to 37.
President Bush has stated that he will veto the bill today. "He doesn't want human life destroyed" said White House Press Secretary Tony Snow in a press briefing yesterday. When a reporter pointed out that H.R. 810 would only allow research on donated embryos that would otherwise be destroyed and discarded by in vitro fertilization clinics, Snow responded that "the President is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something that is living and making it dead for the purpose of research."
The administration also makes the argument that "President Bush's Stem Cell Policy is Working." You can find that piece in their "Setting the Record Straight" section....right above an analysis of the the President's stellar record of environmental policy decisions in "addressing climate change" (i.e., "global warming").
Let the President know what you think about the future of stem cell research by calling the White House Comment Line at (202) 456-1111. A cure may depend on it.