The Family Research Council today condemned deception by Senators Specter and Harkin on stem cell research.
Washington D.C. - Yesterday, the United States Senate began debate on S. 5, "Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005" (S. 5) a bill that would use taxpayers to fund research that requires the destruction of human embryos. "While Senators Harkin and Specter might have the Democratic Leadership on their side - science and truth are not," said Tom McClusky, Vice President for Government Affairs at the Family Research Council.
DECEPTION: Senator Harkin claims that S. 5 has tighter ethical guidelines than the Bush embryonic stem cell policy.
TRUTH: Apparently, Senator Harkin thinks using taxpayers' money to encourage the destruction of human life is more ethical than not destroying human embryos. President Bush's policy does not allow funding for research that destroys human embryos, nor create an incentive to do so. S. 5 is written precisely to do so at taxpayer expense.
DECEPTION: Senator Harkin claims this debate is about hope and helping people who have devastating illness.
TRUTH: Senator Harkin is correct. It is about treating patients, which is why we support using adult stem cells which have already treated over 70 diseases in real human patients. Doug Rice was treated for heart disease, Carol Franz was treated for multiple myeloma, and Steve Sprague was treated for Leukemia, and Keonne Penn was treated for sickle cell anemia. Embryonic stem cells have failed to treat anyone of a disease and have had mixed results in animals, and tend to form tumors. Adult stem cells do not tend to form tumors, have reversed diabetes in animal studies and treated patients not only for blood diseases, but also diseases such as heart disease, cornea damage, rheumatoid arthritis, krabbe disease and many others.
DECEPTION: Senator Specter claims that the 400,000 frozen embryos available for research will be thrown out. He says they won't be used to produce life.
TRUTH: According to Rand, of the 400,000 frozen embryos, only 2.8% are designated for research, and Rand estimates that if all these embryos were used, they could only generate 275 new stem cell lines at most. S. 5 will not generate as many embryonic stem cell lines as proponents claim. Researchers will have to create human embryos for the sole purpose of destructive research, or attempt to clone human embryos for research.
Source: FRC
My name is Doug Rice, I have had the adult stem cell treatment, I had to go to Thailand to do it, I had 3-4 mos to live without it.
Most important is the fact that everyone talks about stem cells but no one explains the difference in Adult and Embryonic. Take away the moral issue and explain that Adult stem cells come from your own body, goes back in your body and has successfully treated over 400,000 cancer patients and over 300 Heart patients (overseas.
There is no reason at all to use Embryonic cells, it will take years if that for them to ever be used in a human, so far rats treated have developed tumor. Now that is the facts, focus on the cure that works "NOW", not what might work "Someday".
For more facts and info go to www.vescell.com
Hope this helps everyone to get on the right track, called factual education.
Have a great day.