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Do you think that our government should allow its citizens to use the most promising technology available to create cures for cancer, heart disease, Parkinson�s, Alzheimer�s, diabetes, ALS, macular degeneration, spinal cord injury, auto-immune or neurological diseases? Do you live in one of the following 12 states? Do you know anybody in any of these states you could forward this letter to? (these links lead you to a petition. If you already know you oppose Brownback s1899, go and sign! Otherwise, skip past and read on!) -GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html -INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html -WEST VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/virginia/petition.html >> -TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html -TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html >> -FLORIDA http://www.petitiononline.com/FLno1899/petition.html >> -CONNECTICUT http://www.petitiononline.com/connecti/petition.html >> -NEW MEXICO http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html >> -ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html >> -NORTH CAROLINA http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html >> -MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html -MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html Your voice needs to be heard! >> There is a bill before the senate (Brownback/Landrieu Bill, s1899) that for the first time in the history of our nation would criminalize an important avenue of scientific research. A small but powerful group of religious fundamentalists is dangerously close to passing this bill which would put scientists in jail for doing life-saving research. >> >>>We need to tell our Senators to vote against this bill. >> >>Now here comes the science part: >>What is this new science? It�s called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), >>sometimes referred to as therapeutic cloning or research cloning. The >>process is simple: they would take one of your cells and put it into an >>unfertilized egg. This would produce stem cells that could be used to >>regenerate damaged tissue. >> >>We are all opposed to reproductive cloning (making babies). That should be >>illegal. There is a bill that would ban reproductive cloning but allow life >>saving research. >> >>Forty Nobel Laureates have signed a letter in support of SCNT. America�s >>most respected scientific organization, the National Academy of Science, >>supports the continuation of embryonic stem cell research and SCNT, as does >>every major scientific or medical organization that has taken a position on >>the subject. >> >>The really scary part: >>If the Brownback Bill passes, not only would scientists be fined and face up >>to ten years imprisonment, YOU COULD TOO. If they develop a cure in one of >>the many foreign countries that are now pursuing this research and you went >>there to be treated, you could be fined and jailed when you returned to the >>United States. >> >>For more information please refer to the following web sites: www.nih.gov, >>www.stemcellfunding.org, or the site from which this letter originates: >>www.CuresNow.org. This letter is not asking you for money; it is asking you >>to educate yourself and it is asking you to give the most powerful thing you >>possess: your voice. >> >>Please sign the petition to urge your Senator to say NO to this bill. >>Please send this letter to everyone you know in your state and everywhere so >>that they may have the chance to decide to raise their voice in the fight >>for science. >> >> >>PLEASE REMEMBER TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AFTER YOU HAVE >>GONE TO THE SITE TO SIGN THE PETITION! >>This only works if you push it along! >> >>-TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html >> >>-FLORIDA http://www.petitiononline.com/FLno1899/petition.html >> >>-INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html >> >>-TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html >> >>-CONNECTICUT http://www.petitiononline.com/connecti/petition.html >> >>-NEW MEXICO http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html >> >>-ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html >> >>-GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html >> >>-NORTH CAROLINA http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html >> >>-WEST VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/virginia/petition.html >> >>-MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html >> >>-MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html

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• DON'T SIGN THE PETITION! We need controls in place! Unregulated research is the crime here!    Rich (6/12/2002 1:09:32 PM)