In a message dated 10/15/2004 11:53:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No, Bush was the first President to ever _approve_ of stem cell research. It isn't even within the power of the President to ban stem cell research. What Bush did was much more subtle - he authorized federal funding for stem cell research on stem cell lines that were already in existence before he made the decision, but did not allow federal funding for new stem cell lines. There is no ban on stem cell research. You can do any sort of research with private funding. You can do research with federal funding on the old stem cell lines. This is a true copout. No prior president felt the need to "approve" stem cell research. There was no ban on any type of funding for stem cell research from any government force. Talks about Chutzpah (you know the definition of chutzpah - killing your parents and asking for mercy because you are an orphan). Do you know how hard it is to do stem cell research with private funding? As currently interpretted "funding" can consist of using shared facilities (labs electricity and water). We are contemplating doing this but must set up a seperate building with seperate power and water to insure the gov will not pull all of our funding _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
