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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (128433)	7/15/2001 10:24:42 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Vic, keep your eyes on GERN. I'm in at 10...lets see what happens. siliconinvestor.com >The problem with this issue -- whether to support federal funding for stem-cell medical research that destroys human embryos -- is that it's a surefire political loser. When Bush finally announces his decision, expected any day now, it's a cinch bet that he will make some enemies. If he says thumbs up to federal money, he'll anger people in the anti-abortion movement, particularly religiously active Catholics who want no deviation from "pro-life" doctrine and whose support for Bush was crucial to his narrow victory last autumn. As pollster Steve Wagner, an expert on Catholic voters, argued earlier this week: "This is a critically important issue to religious Catholics. At root, the president can't compromise on a moral decision. It's either right or wrong." But if Bush says thumbs down to federal money, he'll anger those Americans -- a majority, according to pollsters -- who want to explore every avenue for curing diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer. And Bush will also expose himself to the charge that he is not a "compassionate" conservative at all. It's also possible that Bush will try a compromise, perhaps allowing research to continue on stem cells already extracted from embryos, but not permitting the destruction of new embryos for research purposes. If this happens, he could get hit with flak from both sides of the divide. (Scientists at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Va., which is affiliated with the Eastern Virginia Medical School, created human embryos for the sole purpose of harvesting embryonic stem cells to research their role in treating disease.)