New attempt to stop research

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I just got this alert from CAMR (Coalition for the Advancement of

Medical Research). Senator Brownback is now attempting to do an end run

to stop stem cell research. Remember that his Bill will stop ALL stem

cell research in the USA and make it a criminal act to do ANY human cell

cloning.

Take care, Bill Werre

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Urgent! Action Alert

IMMINENT VOTE IN THE SENATE

CALL/FAX YOUR SENATORS

Brownback Is Proposing a 2-Year Moratorium

MORATORIUM = BAN

Please Take a Few Minutes to Visit the Coalition for the Advancement of

Medical Research Website (www.camradvocacy.org) and Take Action In

Support of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Research (SCNT)

Your hard work has paid off. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is

considering changing his bill to propose a two-year moratorium. While

this may sound like a compromise to many

Senators, it is a thinly veiled attempt at banning this important

research. ALL Senators need to hear from YOU that a moratorium is equal

to a ban.

We hear the vote is imminent. The debate may begin next week. More

than ever, we need you to contact your Senators to let them know that

SCNT is vital to stem cell research and

must NOT be criminalized. Tell your Senators to vote “Yes” on S. 2439,

vote “No” on S. 1899, and vote “No” on a moratorium. Talking points and

background information are

available on the CAMR Website (www.camradvocacy.org).

1.A moratorium isn’t necessary. SCNT/human therapeutic cloning

research has been studied and endorsed by the National Academy of

Sciences.

2.A moratorium is a thinly veiled attempt at banning important

research outright. Proponents of a moratorium know how difficult it is

to lift one – that is why they are proposing it.

3.A moratorium would mean that important medical breakthroughs are

put on hold indefinitely. People suffering from disease are told they

will just have to wait for their cures. Many

of these patients do not have time to wait and a research delay

could be a death sentence.

4.A moratorium sends a strong signal to the scientific community that

SCNT/human therapeutic cloning should not be pursued. Further, it

stigmatizes this research as suspect.

Researchers will be unwilling to pursue this important area of

science because of the stigma as well as the uncertainty about whether

it will ever become an accepted form of

research.

5.Shutting down research today and restarting it when a moratorium is

lifted is illogical. It makes no sense to impose a moratorium that

forces patients with diseases to wait two years

before researchers can get started on potential cures and

treatments. A moratorium will hold back science much longer than two

years.

6.With a moratorium, SCNT research will continue in other countries

while disallowed in the United States – the effects of this will be:

· Scientists may leave this country to perform research

elsewhere.

· Americans will not have first access to the newest,

and potentially best, treatments because new products will be developed

in other countries.

· The U.S. will surrender its ability to lead the world

not only in research, but to set the ethical and regulatory standards

about how this research should be conducted.

7.Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Orrin Hatch

(R-UT), and Kennedy (D-MA) have joined together to sponsor S.

2439, the “Human Cloning

Prohibition Act of 2002.” The act would ban reproductive cloning

to create children, but permit privately funded research involving

somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT),

sometimes called therapeutic cloning. This legislation is widely

supported among scientific, medical, and patient groups.

8.Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Senator Landrieu (D-LA) have

sponsored S. 1899, a bill by that would ban all cloning including SCNT;

put researchers in prison;

and deny patients the benefit of any therapies developed from

therapeutic cloning outside the United States.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

Take Action! There are two steps:

1.Call or fax a letter to your Senators in support of SCNT. Tell

your Senators a moratorium is equal to a ban on important, life-saving

research.

2.Write a letter to the editor of your local or regional newspaper

(see CAMR Website, www.camradvocacy.org).

Make your support of

SCNT known!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Grunt, this is not why I walked the soles off my bare hippy

feet in protest, to have these stiff, bland ' status quo' types dictate

using ignorance as a basis, and big money to wield their parental

power. Sadly I'm not Amercian and can't help. I'd like to

think intellectuals in research are adult enough to ponder the ethics and

consequences, certainly more so than politicians - for every atom bomb,

you have more than enough penecillins and insulins, it balances

out.

At Thursday 6/13/02 11:23 AM, you wrote:

Hi all,

I just got this alert from CAMR (Coalition for the Advancement of

Medical Research). Senator Brownback is now attempting to do an end

run

to stop stem cell research. Remember that his Bill will stop ALL

stem

cell research in the USA and make it a criminal act to do ANY human

cell

cloning.

Take care, Bill Werre

-----------------------------------------

Urgent! Action Alert

IMMINENT VOTE IN THE SENATE

CALL/FAX YOUR SENATORS

Brownback Is Proposing a 2-Year Moratorium

MORATORIUM = BAN

Please Take a Few Minutes to Visit the Coalition for the Advancement

of

Medical Research Website

(www.camradvocacy.org)

and Take Action In

Support of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Research (SCNT)

Your hard work has paid off. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is

considering changing his bill to propose a two-year moratorium.

While

this may sound like a compromise to many

Senators, it is a thinly veiled attempt at banning this important

research. ALL Senators need to hear from YOU that a moratorium is

equal

to a ban.

We hear the vote is imminent. The debate may begin next week.

More

than ever, we need you to contact your Senators to let them know

that

SCNT is vital to stem cell research and

must NOT be criminalized. Tell your Senators to vote “Yes” on S.

2439,

vote “No” on S. 1899, and vote “No” on a moratorium. Talking points

and

background information are

available on the CAMR Website

(www.camradvocacy.org).

1.A moratorium isn’t necessary. SCNT/human therapeutic

cloning

research has been studied and endorsed by the National Academy of

Sciences.

2.A moratorium is a thinly veiled attempt at banning

important

research outright. Proponents of a moratorium know how difficult it

is

to lift one ­ that is why they are proposing it.

3.A moratorium would mean that important medical

breakthroughs are

put on hold indefinitely. People suffering from disease are told

they

will just have to wait for their cures. Many

of these patients do not have time to wait and a

research delay

could be a death sentence.

4.A moratorium sends a strong signal to the scientific

community that

SCNT/human therapeutic cloning should not be pursued. Further,

it

stigmatizes this research as suspect.

Researchers will be unwilling to pursue this

important area of

science because of the stigma as well as the uncertainty about

whether

it will ever become an accepted form of

research.

5.Shutting down research today and restarting it when a

moratorium is

lifted is illogical. It makes no sense to impose a moratorium that

forces patients with diseases to wait two years

before researchers can get started on potential

cures and

treatments. A moratorium will hold back science much longer than two

years.

6.With a moratorium, SCNT research will continue in other

countries

while disallowed in the United States ­ the effects of this will

be:

· Scientists may leave this

country to perform research

elsewhere.

· Americans will not have first

access to the newest,

and potentially best, treatments because new products will be

developed

in other countries.

· The U.S. will surrender its

ability to lead the world

not only in research, but to set the ethical and regulatory

standards

about how this research should be conducted.

7.Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA),

Orrin Hatch

(R-UT), and Kennedy (D-MA) have joined together to sponsor S.

2439, the “Human Cloning

Prohibition Act of 2002.” The act would

ban reproductive cloning

to create children, but permit privately funded research involving

somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT),

sometimes called therapeutic cloning. This

legislation is widely

supported among scientific, medical, and patient groups.

8.Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Senator Landrieu

(D-LA) have

sponsored S. 1899, a bill by that would ban all cloning including

SCNT;

put researchers in prison;

and deny patients the benefit of any therapies

developed from

therapeutic cloning outside the United States.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

Take Action! There are two steps:

1.Call or fax a letter to your Senators in support of

SCNT. Tell

your Senators a moratorium is equal to a ban on important,

life-saving

research.

2.Write a letter to the editor of your local or

regional newspaper

(see CAMR Website, www.camradvocacy.org).

Make your support of

SCNT known!!!!!

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