Senate "Pro-lifers" Support Pesticide Testing on Fetuses

[realFedUp]

http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=C9D2F574-9E3A-2AA6-35185351ACCE0E8F

Senate "Pro-lifers" Support Pesticide Testing on Fetuses

The Senate today voted to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from using studies that expose people to pesticides when considering permits for new pest killers. It's good that the measure passed, but look at the 37 Senators who voted against this - it reads like a list of the Senate's most ardent anti-choice (aka. "pro-life") Senators. Why is that relevant? Because, according to the Assoicated Press, Mr. "Culture of Life" himself, President Bush, is pushing the EPA "to accept data from human tests on children, pregnant women, newborns, infants and fetuses...Even newborns of 'uncertain viability' could be tested." In other words, Bush and these 37 mostly "pro-life" Republicans, who claim they care about the unborn, support allowing corporations to test hazardous chemicals on fetuses and pregnant women.

Capitol Buzz has more on how absolutely disgusting it is for someone like Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) to have voted the way he did.

Senate vote:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00162
Bush presses EPA to allow testing on fetuses:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902090.html
Capitol Buzz on Santorum:
http://capitolbuzz.blogspot.com/2005/06/santorum-gop-vote-against-banning.html

[waynew706]

1. Also notice that all of the Nay's were Repuks...

What a bunch of trolls.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Yep, makes sense to me..no embryos for stem cell research, but

use pesticides on fetuses!

[nwprogressive]

7. what wisdom...

Perhaps the vote can be used to challenge the strict father frame that many of the "true believers" have?

Biz money still talks on the Hill these days.

[gollygee]

3. It's all economics and racism

Poor famlies = poor fetuses. Who cares. The WaPo article said the famlies were mainly minorities. Who cares more. Do the tests.

IVF left-over embryos = rich folks. This is a big big deal. "Snowflake babies" Mainly white. Save those zygotes!!

[Totally Committed]

4. Just more in their oh-so-selective...

Culture of Life.

TC

[OneBlueSky]

5. now THIS is a great campaign issue! . . .

pay attention, Democrats . . . every one of these senators who supports testing pesticides on "children, pregnant women, newborns, infants and fetuses" should be strangled with those votes come election time . . . make it THE issue in every race where any of them are up for re-election . . .

[DearAbby]

6. What do we tell the children.......

What do we tell the children, while they are suffering from the Corporation backed chemical warfare they are subjected too?

The Party that respects life? MY WRINKLED BUTT!

As stated before...corporations are part of the Haves, and have mores club...we and our children are the have not's club therefore expendable

[FizzFuzz]

9. goddammit,YES! n/t

[realFedUp]

10. gruesome photos of children born on pesticides...

forget terrorist milk...this is scary.

[Solly Mack]

8. piss poor excuse for humans

[Initech]

11. Wait, where does this fit into the "culture of life" I hear about?

Pro life = good

Stem cells = bad

Abortion = bad

Persistent vegitative state = bad

Testing pesticides on fetuses = good

Fucking hypocritical douchebags. Especially Rick Santorum.

[FizzFuzz]

12. woa! Did the Capitol Buzz site get taken down?

I'm getting a "Not Found" screen

[GardeningGal]

14. So am I

Maybe the heat was too hot?

[FizzFuzz]

15. Must have been freepers or RW/Christofascist cronies forcing it down

If it was a site pointing out that a gaping asshole Santorum is, then
its likely the fascists didn't like seeing the truth.

They disgust me.

Anyway, this would be great to print and put in certain "morals voters" (cough puke) mailboxes at work.

[stickdog]

13. kick

[EC]

16. Weren't they paying families in Florida to do this?

So you can add Jebby to the hypocrite list... This must have been one that Tom DeLay was looking forward to in the House....

[paineinthearse]

17. Barbara Boxer has been opposing this for weeks/months

Search the DU archives.

Go Barbara!