Email Campaign re Stem Cell bill...(stalled by Frist)....wanna do this?

[AnnInLa]

www.stempac.com this, via www.dailykos.com

The Senate stem cell bill vote must happen this month
by Plutonium Page
Mon Jul 25th, 2005 at 09:32:02 PDT

It may or may not come as a surprise to you that a recent Gallup poll showed that 60% of adults in American think that embryonic stem cell research is "morally acceptable"; 53% think that there should be less government restrictions on stem cell research. a Harris poll also showed that a majority of Americans support embryonic stem cell research. Both polls include Republicans.

So, what about Senator Bill Frist? It appears that he is attempting to stall the Senate vote on a critical stem cell bill:

A measure to expand federal funding of stem cell research has stalled in the Senate but backers unable to get the anticipated July vote instead vowed on Thursday to force the issue one way or another this year.

Republican backers of the embryonic stem cell bill say that the bid by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, to have one debate on a half-dozen politically sensitive and complicated bioethics bills on issues from embryonic stem cells to human cloning is a recipe for stalemate.

The bill in question is HR 810, which is SR 471.

StemPAC is working to drive as many e-mails as possible to members of the Senate. This is an incredibly important healthcare issue, and it's obvious why the vote has to happen as soon as possible.

Stem cell research is critical because there are a multitude of diseases that have a good chance of being cured via stem cell therapy. Personal stories are the best examples; a two year old's severe neurological problems might be helped by stem cell therapy, as well as young woman's spinal cord injury, and SLE (lupus) that has caused multiple serious problems for a woman for 45 years.

Tom DeLay's rhetoric (" the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings for the purposes of medical experimentation.") will most certainly be repeated in the Senate. Don't fall for it. Remember that the "distinct human being" is
this cluster of cells.

www.stempac.com

[babylonsister]

1. I do, did, and will e-mail to everyone I know. It's that important! nt

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

2. Called Senator Specter's office to support: Specter vs. Frist

Arlen Specter is a longtime Senator who wants the stem cell bill to go through the Senate (and yes, he supported stem cell research long before he got sick with cancer). Anyway, he is not going to take it lying down from Frist. Could turn into a bloody little battle. :popcorn:

Hoping that Specter teaches Frist a lesson and prevails in this fight.

[catabryna]

3. I have and will continue to do so...

This is a huge issue for me as my husband definitely could have been cured with stem cells. He died from Hodgkin's Disease 6 months ago.

Keep up the good work everyone!

Cat

[babylonsister]

5. My sympathies, cat. My family could have/can

benefit as well. Mom and uncle died of cancer, and my step-son is fighting Friedrich's ataxia, which is usually fatal by around age 50; he's only 33. :cry:

[babylonsister]

4. Ann, did you post this in GD or GD:P? The more the merrier,

and I don't know a soul who wouldn't sign this.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Done, although writing to my Bushbot Rep. is usually useless.

[Dragonfli]

7. I most certainly do.

I will start right after work.
I will e-mail, call, & write everyone I Can!!!