Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle

[evildevil]

Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle

When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to lift restrictions on federal money for such research. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also has expressed

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[shibato]

I saw a picture of a rat with an ear growing out of its back in a textbook. Not all stem cells produce human embryos. I wish the public were more educated about this stuff.

/meaningless blabbering

[hey_its_michael]

"I don't know what the votes will be in the new Congress ... but it's very possible we could lose this thing."

Well duh! Considering it already took a Bush veto before, anti-stem cell people are guaranteed to lose this thing.

[rex_dart]

So why are these people not trying to outlaw producing embryos in the fucking first place?

[recorded]

because they would get laughed at.

[frohohaggins]

I COULD GLOAT FOREVER, MOTHERFUCKERS!

*ahem*

My father suffers from a myriad of health conditions, and I would gladly MURDER HIS ZYGOTE GRANDCHILDREN IN COLD BLOOD to even explore the possibility of cures.

Suck on it, fundies. SUCK. ON. IT.

I know I'm being douche-y, but this is the internets. I has no shame.

[raggedyanndy]

It's okay. You're being douche-y for the sake of your father. It's like when Jesus had a temper tantrum in the temple and chucked out all the moneylenders.

[a_white_rain]

LOL

[sandoz_iscariot]

Good. I went to a Catholic high school and heard soooo much about how stem cell research was evil ("Scientists pay women to have late-term abortions so they can suck out their unborn souls sweet baby cells!"). Then I went to college and learned about the realities and possibilities of stem cell research. Go science!