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House Votes to End Stem Cell Limits

TUESDAY MAY 24 2005 5:35 PM

Submitted by Argene. Edited By Christopher.

The House has voted 238-194 to lift limits on embryonic stem cell research. The vote came admid the never ending morality tug-of-war on the issue between conservative, pro-life represenatives and their more liberal oponents.

Supporters of the measure said many of the embryos that would be studied would be discarded otherwise rather than implanted in the wombs of surrogate mothers. The moral obligation, they argued, rested on Congress to fund research that could lead to cures for diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Both President George Bush and House Leader Tim Delay want to block the measure.

Says Bush:

"This bill would take us across a critical ethical line by creating new incentives for the ongoing destruction of emerging human life. Crossing this line would be a great mistake."

DeLay's remarks on the issue were similar, saying that "the bill would force taxpayers to finance "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings."

Proponents of the bill have more to fear from President Bush, since, even though the bill passed in the House, it does not have enough votes to overturn the veto George Bush has stated he will give the bill. DeLay's strength seems weakened both within and outside of the House due to the fact that he is under Federal criminal investigation, and therefore is less of a threat to pro-bill representatives.

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smithers_jones

Los Angeles, CA

November 2003

MAY 24, 2005 05:44 PM

L_aerophile said:

DeLay's remarks on the issue were similar, saying that "the bill would force taxpayers to finance "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings."

So does every appropriations bill for the occupation of Iraq.

MC_Dove

Cincinnati, OH

November 2004

MAY 24, 2005 05:50 PM

smithers_jones said:

L_aerophile said:

DeLay's remarks on the issue were similar, saying that "the bill would force taxpayers to finance "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings."

So does every appropriations bill for the occupation of Iraq.

they meant white, american, living, distinct human beings. duh.

i have to stop reading the news. it makes me all angry.

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

MAY 24, 2005 05:51 PM

Bush has yet to exercise a veto, if I'm not mistaken?

So this will be the first one? Good. Keep pandering to the religious fundamentalists. Please.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAY 24, 2005 05:52 PM

yay, i like stem cell research.

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost

September 2004

MAY 24, 2005 05:55 PM

Subrosa said:
Bush has yet to exercise a veto, if I'm not mistaken?

So this will be the first one? Good. Keep pandering to the religious fundamentalists. Please.

Yup, and yup. Work that "mandate," boys.

Holy_Mountain

North Palm Beach, FL

February 2004

MAY 24, 2005 06:35 PM

This just in: Bush makes it illegal to masturbate because wasting sperm is "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings."

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost

September 2004

MAY 24, 2005 06:37 PM

RadioPortishead said:
This just in: Bush makes it illegal to masturbate because wasting sperm is "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings."

Infanticide?