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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (16606)	6/13/2001 2:56:40 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

Well, If that is Catholicism, I will leave it alone. Suffice it to say, I stand on my earlier statement but will add the conciliatory, IMO.

To: Lane3 who wrote (16606)	6/13/2001 2:58:57 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

WASHINGTON, June 12 — A battle is raging within the Bush administration over whether to prohibit federal support for biomedical research that uses cells derived from human embryos, federal officials say. On one side are officials, including Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, who emphasize that experiments with embryonic stem cells could lead to new treatments and cures for illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson's disease. On the other side are some top presidential advisers led by Karl Rove who worry that federal support for such research will alienate conservative voters, anti-abortion groups and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. Administration officials on both sides of the debate, trying to frame the issue for a decision by President Bush, have been reviewing his campaign statements, which generally expressed disapproval of research that used embryonic stem cells. But officials said they had found ambiguities in his statements that might allow some research to go forward...>> nytimes.com