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Urge the Michigan State Senate to vote No on Senate Bills 647-652
Dear Stem Cell Research Supporter:
Hope for Michigan patients is under attack and we need your help TODAY!
This Wednesday, 12/20, tomorrow at noon, the Senate Health Policy Committee is
expected to vote on politically motivated and unnecessary legislation
restricting important stem cell research that can save lives. We need your help
in opposing these bills, Senate Bills 647-652.
MESSAGES FROM OUT OF STATE SUPPORTERS VERY WELCOME!
PLEASE call today and Wednesday, and e-mail ALL senators on the Health Policy
Committee as well as YOUR senator (if you are a Michigan resident) and urge
them to vote No on Senate Bills 647-652.
Health Policy Committee senators are listed below. To find your district please
go to: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/2003/senatedistricts.pdf. Then look at
the attached senate list to see which senator corresponds to your district.
Specifically, tell the senators:
This Senate legislation would hamper life-saving research into cures and
treatments for many injuries and diseases, such as cancer, juvenile diabetes
and Alzheimer’s.
Michigan voters have already voiced their support for modernizing stem cell
laws and don’t want the Senate to further restrict, delay or obstruct research;
Strong federal research guidelines are already in place and Michigan already
has the toughest restrictions of any state in the nation.
If you call and get a voice mail, please make sure you leave a message calling
on the senator to oppose the bills and stand up for patients.
Please also tell your friends, family, and your associates about this important
issue, and ask them to contact the senators through phone calls and e-mails
TODAY, Tuesday, and Wednesday prior to the hearing held at 3:00 pm. Talking
points, a draft phone script and a sample e-mail letter are attached.
Members of the Senate Health Policy Committee:
Sen. Tom George, chair: (517) 373-0793; [email protected]
Sen. Jason Allen: (517) 373-2413, [email protected]
Sen. Hansen Clarke: (517) 373-7346, [email protected]
Sen. John Gleason: (517) 373-0142; [email protected]
Sen. Gilda Jacobs: (517) 373-7888, [email protected]
Sen. Bruce Patterson: (517) 373-7350, [email protected]
Sen. Alan Sanborn: (517) 373-7670, [email protected]
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR ADDRESS LIST.
Thank you. Remember, Michigan already had this battle, and the people voted yes
for stem cell research!
For more information, feel free to contact:
Sophia M. Eichner, Managing Director
Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research and Cures
(248) 948-5555
[email protected]
Thank you!
Don C. Reed, Vice President Public Policy, Jacqueline Hantgan
Sample letter:
To the Honorable (Insert full name of senator here):
As a citizen of Michigan, (OR: AS THE FATHER OF A PARALYZED YOUNG MAN, PERSON
WITH DIABETES, ETC) I urge you to oppose legislation that would place
unnecessary restrictions on important stem cell research that can save
lives. Specifically, I urge you to oppose Senate Bills 647-652.
As you know, Michigan voters have spoken. In 2008, they supported Proposal 2 to
modernize Michigan’s outdated stem cell laws and bring hope to patients with
devastating illnesses and injuries across our state and beyond.
The Senate legislation before you would put unnecessary restrictions on stem
cell research that the voters have already decided. The bills attempt to block
most of the research contemplated under Proposal 2 by redefining the terms in
ways that are inconsistent with their medical and scientific meanings. Further,
the package lists requirements that are medically impossible for any clinic to
perform, thereby arresting embryonic stem cell research in Michigan
Worse, the Senate legislation would needlessly delay life-saving research for
injuries and diseases such as cancer, juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer’s and
Parkinson’s.
Stem cell research is the most highly regulated form of medical research,
governed by extensive federal regulation imposed by the National Institutes of
Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
I urge you to support Michigan patients and their families, and put aside
political roadblocks delaying research that can save countless. Please vote
“no” on Senate Bills 647-652.
Thank you,
(Please insert your name here)
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