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Re: Politics was K/E and tort reform From: Harrison Sheld (hsheld@anv.net) Wed Aug 11 08:29:38 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Postpartum Eclampsia" Previous message: Melanie A. Birdsong: "remove" In reply to: David Priver, MD: "Re: Politics was K/E and tort reform" Next in thread: Gerald P. Rodríguez: "Re: Politics was K/E and tort reform" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Priver, MD wrote: >I am pleased that we are able to agree to disagree and maintain respect for one another. >As to returning to the subject of OB/GYN, no problem. Let's talk about embryonic stem cell research. > <snip> >President Bush did not ban stem cell research, but is actually the first president to fund stem cell research. Federal funding of stem cell research prior to the President's decision was $0. The President's >2003 budget included $24.8 million for human embryonic stem cell research, an increase of 132 percent from 2002 and $190 million in funding for adult stem cells. There is no ban on private research of >stem cells at all. > >The President's position that we should not cross a fundamental moral line by using federal funds to encourage or support the destruction of a human embryo. This principle receives broad support internationally, with many European countries--including France, Germany, Austria, Spain and >Ireland--banning altogether the destruction of human embryos to create stem cell lines. > >Private universities are researching embryonic stem cells. There was a ban on the federal funding right through the Clinton years. They never spent a penny on stem cells. The person who lifted the ban >was President Bush when he made his speech in August of 2001. The federal government is spending $25 million on stem cell research. So, to talk about a ban I think is simply to mislead Americans deliberately. > Ad hominem attacks through the use of villainous invective is not persuasive. Factual information on the other hand contributes to an understanding of the issue. This election is not about federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, legal abortion, OTC use of morning after contraception or tort reform. This election is about survival of the Republic. Think about it. > Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Postpartum Eclampsia" Previous message: Melanie A. Birdsong: "remove" In reply to: David Priver, MD: "Re: Politics was K/E and tort reform" Next in thread: Gerald P. Rodríguez: "Re: Politics was K/E and tort reform"

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