What do you think about the stem cell veto by Bush?

Question

I personally like GWB, but this is one topic on which I strongly disagree.

Answer 1

Maybe this should give you a reason to re-examine what you like about Bush. Is this action really inconsistent with everything else he has done? I mean, this guy just seems to have a knack for finding the wrong solution to every problem, and finding the wrong problems to look for solutions for. Of all the bills that have been passed by Congress in five years, THIS bill is the only one that he decides to veto?

Bush says he is acting for moral reasons, but is it moral to destroy human embryos rather than use them for research that could save many lives? Because it is vital to remember that the only thing this bill did was to authorize the federal government to fund research on left over embryos from in vitro procedures, embryos that will otherwise be destroyed. These embryos are not people, and never will be people. If they are not used for research, they will be trash.

Answer 2

No he shouldn't veto this bill. the completed ethics argument will change into mute once you imagine about the alternative to the learn lab for those embryos is the dumpster. Is the embryo by technique of a few ability a lot less lifeless in a dumpster? A veto does no longer some thing yet deprive medical learn of an embryo that improve into in any distinct case going to ultimately finally end up interior the trash.

Answer 3

Bush let's his personal beliefs influence him to point of being irrational. The bill was presented very soundly and passed by a good margin (63-37 in a Republican controlled Senate). Just because you don't personally believe in something, does not give you the right to force those beliefs into laws. The bill was constitutional and there was no reason for veto.

Answer 4

I have a genetic disorder that could be cured by a stem cell transplant so I totally disagree. This is a difficult choice for me since I am also Catholic. I do like GWB but, I think he dropped the ball on that one!

Answer 5

Stem cell research is a controversial topic. People feel that the rules don't apply when we are using the research to cure disease of people who are here and now. But at the same time, others feel that we are just killing people to use their cells to help others. I am in the second boat, because we shouldn't disregard ethics, to find an easier route. I realize, with out having any life threatening disease, it's easy for me to state this. But life isn't about cheating the system, ethics are in place for a reason. Because they bring order and justice, what we all need.

Answer 6

Well, I don't support your liking for GW, because he's just an Idiot, (no offense, just a personal opinion)

I think that for his first veto in six years of presidency, he chose the wrong bill. People who have terminal illnesses could be saved (i.e. Christopher Reeve (not sure of spelling), and Ronald Reagan.

The US was founded with the belief of separation of church and state. Considering religion as a part of politics should have no foothold in US politics.

Bush should weigh the benefits (which are many) and the cons, which, apart from spending, should be a very short list.

Answer 7

I don't see how anybody can still like George Bush. This decision to veto was not what you think or what he is saying, he is again pandering to big corporations. If this research would pan out it would put the pharmaceutical company's out of business. They come up with treatments for everything but they find no cures for a reason. Billions of dollars in profits. If a decease like diabetes was cured it would cost them to much money. They would have to fold up. Refer to the Big oil company's, do you think that they want an alternate fuel to take the place of oil.

Answer 8

It is an idiotic veto. The source of stem cells are embryos that are due to be destroyed.
He didn't stop the creation of excess embryos, he didn't mandate that they be preserved, he just made a political grab at the loyally of those who vote with their emotions instead of their brains.

Answer 9

I agree with Pres.Bush... that the government should not provide funding for this.It just doesn't seem right. However...there are a great many private sectors that donate huge amounts for stem cell research...I say let the funding stay as it is.

Answer 10

Nothing G. Dubya does surprises me anymore. He continues to throw the U.S. further and further behind in the world. When China comes up with a cure for Parkinsons or can help paralized people walk or a child with cerebral palsy to walk and talk , will you be able to travel there for treatment? These embryos will be destroyed anyway.