The president just vetoed it, and with a stroke of a pen, the hope of millions was dashed!
Shouldn't something this weighty- as well as other major issues, be voted and decided upon, by the American people ALONE and not by a mere man- and his henchmen, regardless of party rule?
How would you have voted?
2006-07-19 13:36:06 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I donated my sons umbilical cords for stem cell research. You can get them with out killing babies
2006-07-19 13:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Layla 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hope is not dashed.. the US President can veto a bill... that bill goes back to congress who have to pass it with a majority vote. So Congress can enact the bill even if Mr. Bush decides to brush it aside. Now if Congress cannot get a majority vote then the bill is dead for good.
I don't think having the American people vote would do much better... not everyone of voting age is even registered because they don't want to or don't think it will change anything. And look at the fiasco the 2000 election was...
Myself, I would have voted in favor of the bill.
2006-07-19 20:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have done the same thing and vetoed it. Let me tell you why like President Bush I value live and bleave life starts at conception and life is a verry preious thing and we should not end a live to save one. That being said the stem cells might help me and a couple members of my friends and family but life is to inporant and needs to be protected. And to set you set you strate he vetoed fed funding not state funding the states can still do research. Liberals dont value life and think a aboratin dr.s should be on evey cornor but just think , here is another fact stemm cell has not been proven to work and might not work the just want to test it so it is like the fed doing animal testing but on a human life so just think abought that
2006-07-19 20:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by billfos780 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hope of millions is not "dashed". The only issue here is whether the federal government will spend money to support the research. The states are free to invest and private companies are free to invest. It seems to me to be a hollow argument that this is a disaster. in addition, we elect Representatives and Senators and a President to create laws on our behalf. This is a republic and not a democracy. By the way, I support the President on this issue.
2006-07-19 20:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>>The president just vetoed it, and with a stroke of a pen, the hope of millions was dashed!<<<
Clarification -- he vetoed FETAL stem cell research. He did not veto other forms of stem cell research.
I'm afraid you've fallen for the misguided notion that fetal stem cell research is the only hope for people who have Parkinson's and other neurological conditions.
It's not.
The truth is, fetal stem cell research has proven to be ineffective. But other forms of stem cell research, such as harvesting stem cells from umbilicial cords, has met with better success.
Using babies murdered in abortion clinics for research is, to me, akin to the Nazis and the Japanese conducting medical experiments on Jews, Chinese, and other prisoners during WW II.
2006-07-19 20:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure how I would have voted. The country has been run this way for as long as we've had one. Look into ALL the vetos made by Presidents.
2006-07-19 20:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The GOP just got millions of dollars in free publicity to demonstrate their support for their base.
The crime isn't vetoing the bill, the crime is allowing political parties to misuse the political process as a publicity stunt. The most notorious of which was GWB's infamous "mission accomplished" theatrics that cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
I think Americans get the representation they deserve.
2006-07-19 20:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Millions of lives are lost when embryos are destroyed during research or so called fertility treatments.
Our president saved the lives of the most innocent.
Luckily for 'Millions' you can get stem cells from umbilical cords and bone marrow. This type of research already has plenty of funding because it is actually successful.
No need to kill babies to save your own butt.
2006-07-19 20:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by rmw82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bill was vetoed only, ONLY, for government research. Doesn't say that it was for all. You can pay out your pocket for the research. So, in a way, the government doesn't look immoral, just the people who do the research. To me, if it will save anothers life...and not at the cost of an embreyo...i say GO FOR IT.
2006-07-19 20:42:50 · answer #9 · answered by celtic_majik_21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I back what Bush did all the way. I have a sister with MS and the possibility's are not worth the price, which folks are
BABIES............
they are not spare parts and if the same thing can be taken from a true spare part like umbilical cords and placenta's then why is it justified to kill babies because someone has no more use for them.
get a little bit of morals folks.
2006-07-19 21:11:34 · answer #10 · answered by melissa s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are a Republic. We vote in people to Represent our wishes and vote on our laws. Bush did veto it, yes, but we also have checks and balances. Your Representatives can now vote to overturn the veto and make it a law.
2006-07-19 20:43:25 · answer #11 · answered by Ananke402 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋