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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (123954)	1/27/2001 6:51:27 AM
From: ecommerceman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Be glad that you don't have Parkinson's Disease when you read this... Bush Assails Fetal-Cell Research Published Saturday January 27, 2001 Washington (AP) - President Bush said Friday that federal money should not be used for research on fetal tissue or on so-called stem cells derived from abortions - the week-old administration's third statement on the divisive abortion issue. "I do not support research from aborted fetuses," Bush said. He did not say whether he would move to block federal research funding - an act that many scientists say could stop promising research into therapies for numerous diseases. Aides said afterward he was signaling his intent to do so. Bush had indicated his opposition to such research during the presidential campaign, but the remarks Friday were his first on the topic since taking over the White House a week ago. "I will let you know when I decide all policy decisions, but the answer to your question is no," Bush said when asked whether he believes federal money should be spent on fetal-tissue and stem-cell research from abortions. After a presidential campaign in which anti-abortion conservatives were a cornerstone of his support, Bush moved on Monday, two days into his presidency, to restore restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to family-planning organizations involved in abortion. His administration also promised a review of the government's approval of the RU-486 abortion pill. Scientists say research with stem cells, master cells that are the building blocks for all other tissue in the body, could lead to revolutionary treatments for problems from Alzheimer's to paralyzing spinal cord injuries. Stem cells can come from aborted fetuses or from embryos left over from fertility clinics. A few also can be found from adult tissues, but scientists say fetal and embryonic stem cells are the most flexible and thus most usable. Bush did not specifically address embryonic stem cells. Some conservative groups oppose using embryonic stem cells for research because culling them kills the embryos. Scientists now know how to multiply embryonic stem cells in laboratories without killing additional embryos. Unless Bush intervenes, the National Institutes of Health plan to begin funding research with just those lab-grown embryonic stem cells as early as this spring. Some researchers are concerned that Bush might cut off existing funding for a larger type of research related to tissues from induced abortions. Some Parkinson's disease patients, for instance, improved after receiving fetal- tissue transplants in their brains. Bush has said in the past he supports an alternative method using fetal tissue retrieved from miscarriages. But scientists say such tissue is seldom usable because of genetic abnormalities in the fetus that caused the miscarriage. "I believe there's some wonderful opportunities for adult stem-cell research," Bush said. "I believe we can find stem cells from fetuses that died a natural death, but I do not support research from aborted fetuses." He commented in a question-and-answer session during a meeting with Democratic and Republican governors. Shortly before Bush took office, his spokesman refused to address whether the new Republican administration would shut down government research on the stem cells of discarded human embryos. Press secretary Ari Fleischer, quoting his boss' statements during the campaign, said Friday that Bush "would oppose federally funded research for experimentation on embryonic stem cells that require live human embryos to be discarded or destroyed." But Fleischer, questioned by reporters, would not say whether Bush intends to block the NIH, which is now accepting grant applications for research on lab-grown embryonic stem cells initially harvested by private researchers. Bush stopped short Friday of saying whether or how he might block the NIH funding. Incoming Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has likewise sidestepped the issue.

To: JDN who wrote (123954)	1/27/2001 1:19:16 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Now there's a thought. I hadn't thought about the parallels between the Republican Party and the Viet Cong before you brought it up -g-

To: JDN who wrote (123954)	1/28/2001 9:00:22 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

jdn >>if they play their cards right. Well I see the Republican holding a hand of aces. The decmocrats are holding jack-asses and dufuses. democrat's have jackass jesse looking for dead disenfranchised voters in florida. pig vomit most likely got millions to pardon an out an out crook and can't explain why. pig vomit's baby pukes vandalized the white and looted Airforce One. Al Gore and Joe Liberman are Dufus Dumb and Dufus dumber. How many folks voted Al and joe and now think after considering what the re re re re counts are still showing and the stupid way al and joe were retards at losing are now saying to themselves. My God I voted for a total jaskass's because I was a little concerned with President's Bushes ability. How many did not vote and realize my God we almost has a total JACKASS as president voted in by the most manipulated ignorant people in this country. The fact that this week Greenspan is saying the economy is really slowing and President Bush was masterfully insightful with his proposals for a tax cut. The dem's are eating out of his hand on education. I figure the dem's is goin into survival mode and President Bush will have little trouble playing them. On the plus side. My little guy won three gold's yesterday at the South West High School conference. watman.com Set a couple of records. I prowd daddy. All 232 pics. watman.com Tom Watson tosiwmee