Stem Cell Research Policy Of President Bush / Adult Versus Embryonic / Video
Posted on January 13th, 2010 by admin
President Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy / Video. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.
Description: George Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy Date: 7/19/2006 Length: 15.42 minutes Political Video Link: http://www.politicalvideo.org/node/1927Original Link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060719-3.html
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Congress has just passed and sent to my desk two bills concerning the use of stem cells in biomedical research. These bills illustrate both the promise and perils we face in the age of biotechnology. In this new era, our challenge is to harness the power of science to ease human suffering without sanctioning the practices that violate the dignity of human life. (Applause.)
In 2001, I spoke to the American people and set forth a new policy on stem cell research that struck a balance between the needs of science and the demands of conscience. When I took office, there was no federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Under the policy I announced five years ago, my administration became the first to make federal funds available for this research, yet only on embryonic stem cell lines derived from embryos that had already been destroyed.
My administration has made available more than $90 million for research on these lines. This policy has allowed important research to go forward without using taxpayer funds to encourage the further deliberate destruction of human embryos.
One of the bills Congress has passed builds on the progress we have made over the last five years. So I signed it into law. (Applause.) Congress has also passed a second bill that attempts to overturn the balanced policy I set. This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others. It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect, so I vetoed it. (Applause.)
Like all Americans, I believe our nation must vigorously pursue the tremendous possibility that science offers to cure disease and improve the lives of millions. We have opportunities to discover cures and treatments that were unthinkable generations ago. Some scientists believe that one source of these cures might be embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells have the ability to grow into specialized adult tissues, and this may give them the potential to replace damaged or defective cells or body parts and treat a variety of diseases.
Yet we must also remember that embryonic stem cells come from human embryos that are destroyed for their cells. Each of these human embryos is a unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value. We see that value in the children who are with us today. Each of these children began his or her life as a frozen embryo that was created for in vitro fertilization, but remained unused after the fertility treatments were complete. Each of these children was adopted while still an embryo, and has been blessed with the chance to grow up in a loving family.
These boys and girls are not spare parts. (Applause.) They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. They remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells. And they remind us that in our zeal for new treatments and cures, America must never abandon our fundamental morals.
Some people argue that finding new cures for disease requires the destruction of human embryos like the ones that these families adopted. I disagree. I believe that with the right techniques and the right policies, we can achieve scientific progress while living up to our ethical responsibilities. That’s what I sought in 2001, when I set forth my administration’s policy allowing federal funding for research on embryonic stem cell lines where the life and death decision had already been made.
This balanced approach has worked. Under this policy, 21 human embryonic stem cell lines are currently in use in research that is eligible for federal funding. Each of these lines can be replicated many times. And as a result, the National Institutes of Health have helped make more than 700 shipments to researchers since 2001. There is no ban on embryonic stem cell research. To the contrary, even critics of my policy concede that these federally funded lines are being used in research every day by scientists around the world. My policy has allowed us to explore the potential of embryonic stem cells, and it has allowed America to continue to lead the world in this area.
Since I announced my policy in 2001, advances in scientific research have also shown the great potential of stem cells that are derived without harming human embryos. My administration has expanded the funding of research into stem cells that can be drawn from children, adults, and the blood in umbilical cords, with no harm to the donor. And these stem cells are already being used in medical treatments…..
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January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
A man with morals …
A man with morals and ethics. The most vulnerable and innocent among us are life in women’s wombs.
We all started and thank each day our parts were not used for sick science, or abortion.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Coprehensive …
Coprehensive speaqch, my sugesstion is that this research must be conducted in devloping countries like pakistan becz. here expensis of this research decreases funded by us . And we gain max . benifits
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Wow! Usually that …
Wow! Usually that kind of response is saved for Bush supporters. It is quite clear by my 6-month old post that I’m not.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
smurray36, perhaps …
smurray36, perhaps you are correct in saying that Bush should not have allowed research on the already dead embryos. However, the reason for this video post is to warn people that the Democrats are planning to legalize embryonic stem research by destroying NEW embryos — which of course, is the destruction of human life. Anything you can do to help prevent that would be good.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
BenjaminWirtz, that …
BenjaminWirtz, that is true — thank you for the comment.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
smurray36, perhaps …
smurray36, perhaps you are correct in saying that Bush should not have allowed research on the already dead embryos. However, the reason for this video post is to warn people that the Democrats are planning to legalize embryonic stem research by destroying NEW embryos — which of course, is the destruction of human life. Anything you can do to help prevent that would be good.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Benjamin, the only …
Benjamin, the only reason to have ESC research is to fund the abortion industry, giving it an excuse to murder. The devil is in these hearts, not reason.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Now skin cells have …
Now skin cells have shown to be successful so the people who want embryonic stem cell research have very little ground to stand on, certainly no moral ground from the beginning.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
I am a “black and …
I am a “black and white” traditional Roman Catholic (against Vatican II) and I do not pat Bush on the back for a seemingly good act, when he certainly fanned the flames of evil by allowing ANY em. Stem cell research. It is evil, plain and simple.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
smurray36, adult …
smurray36, adult stem cell research has been successful — we will be posting videos to show example of this. Did you watch the entire video? Bush is supporting adult stem cell research, but is opposing embryonic stem cell research. When he took office, he did not permit the destruction of embryos for research. As far as the morning after pill and RU-482, which are against the teachings of the Church — I will have to do some research to see what Bush did with regards to that.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Embrionic research …
Embrionic research is a failure. All he did was not give those destroyed unborn children a decent burial. We should be mourning the fact that they weren’t baptized, instead of playing Fankenstein with them. Bush made the “morning after” pill available OTC thru his HHS.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
smurray36, as he …
smurray36, as he says in the video — he allowed embryonic research only on embryos that had already been destroyed. He did not permit the destruction of any new embryos. As far as the morning after pill and RU-482, which are against the teachings of the Church — I will have to do some research to see what Bush did with regards to that.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
I don’t see where …
I don’t see where Bush is considered a “pro-life” president. He allowed embrionic stem cell research. He allowed,, through his FDA, the morning after pill. He allowed the continuation of RU-482. History wil will judge him, and God will judge him.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:08 am
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