... cultivating lines or colonies from these cells will lead to a cure for several diseases like juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and even may help paralyzed organs. Many urged President Bush to agree with former President Clinton's policy on stem cell research and that was; that the Congressional ban on funding embryo research would not be broken if the support was ... . Leon Kass. August 27, 2001 Tommy G. Thompson announced that the National Institutes of Health named the 10 laboratories throughout the world that had the estimated 60 stem cells that President Bush...

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... various issues through out our country. So, if we are to proceed with research, "federal funding helps to attract the best and brightest scientist" (Bush). The federal and state governments will not just give funding with out any endorsements, so during the late 1970s, the federal government only endorsed funding ... using the knowledge unethically or carelessly. However, in 2001, this course of action was withdrawn by the next administration. Bush's conservative administration seemed to focus more on the dangers of stem cells than on the benefits that could result from it. On August 9, ...

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... of meetings with medical and scientific experts, ethicists, religious leaders and other" (www.CNN.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell). After opposing the public funding of the research during his campaign, Bush decided to support the research and allow government-sponsored research to utilize the sixty existing embryo's stem cells for further research. The decision to allow the research was long awaited ... doctors researching the possible miracles of stem cells have made the future of stem cell research seem unpropitious, although there have been tremendous advances in health care technology a...

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... Leon Kass an eminent University of Chicago Bioethicist makes his views against human cloning well known. Kass this past year was picked by President Bush to head an advisory panel on stem cell research. Kass had recently been changing from a political thinker to a political player because of his ... the debate over cloning and stem cell research. One group of representatives known as the New Democratic Coalition collectively wrote a letter to president Bush stating their support for stem cell research using all types of stem cells. The coalition asked the president to allow the recently...

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... magazine that Dr. Leon Kass an eminent University of Chicago Bioethicist makes his views against human cloning well known. Kass, was picked by President Bush to head an advisory panel on stem cell research. Kass had recently been changing from a political thinker to a political player because of his ... the debate over cloning and stem cell research. One group of representatives known as the New Democratic Coalition collectively wrote a letter to President Bush stating their support for stem cell research using all types of stem cells. The coalition asked the president to allow the rece...

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... "offers great promise that could help improve the lives of those who suffer from many terrible diseases" (White House, Remarks). President Bush announced that federal funding would be made available for existing stem cell lines that met the following criteria: Federal funds will only be ... available lines have been contaminated with viruses as a result of being developed with mouse feeder cells (United States House of Representatives). With Bush's policy failing to meet the promises his speech made about the existence of available ES cell lines, Americans should insist on new ... embr...

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... ethical issues on stem cell research in general. The press conference was held on august 9, 2001 at the Bush ranch in Crawford,Texas. In the beginning of the press conference President Bush talked about how the American people as well as the government is at odds with this issue although there ... is research already being done through privately funded programs. President Bush has to decide whether to allow federal funds to be used for scientific research on stem cells derived from human embryos, a large number ... pre-embryo. He agrees it does have the potential for life, but it is not...

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... injuries. One specific disease stem cells will be able to cure eventually is Juvenile Diabetes, Type 1. In August of 2001, President George W. Bush set forth a law that made it acceptable to use pre-destructed, frozen human embryos in research clinics, whereas previously, even these frozen embryos ... would not have been allowed to be researched. In other words, Bush said that he would allow research on the human embryos that were already stored in laboratories. Therefore, these embryos would have no other ... Representatives was considering a bill stating that research on embryos woul...

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... arguments, the WARF needed to implement a resolution supporting research using human embryonic stem cells. They also got a patent number in that year. On August 9th in 2001, president George Bush proclaimed a policy that would permit scientists to use federal funds to study stem lines derived prior to the president's announcement ("Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research" 1). This ... that arise in medicine and science. Politicians, doctors, lawyers, patients and their families all struggle with bioethical issues at one time or another. Two weeks after the speech of President Bus...

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... allow federal money to pay for stem cell projects, as long as researchers not receiving federal funds extracted the cells. In 2001, President Bush announced that he would allow federal funding for research on some existing embryonic stem cells, but strongly opposes human cloning, and the extraction ... saving and improving life in all its stages. As the discoveries of modern science create tremendous hope, they also lay vast ethical mine fields,"" stated Bush. "I also believe human life is a sacred gift from our creator. I worry about a culture that devalues life, and believe as your pre...

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... ), there has only been one ruling in the United States specifically concerning stem cell technology. On August 9, 2001, President George Bush declared that embryonic stem cell researchers would only acquire federal funding if they were in existence prior to August 9, 2001. Bush's alleged reasoning was based upon whether embryos would be destroyed in future, of if "...the life or death decision has ... already been made."" This legislature represents Bush's attempt to satisfy both sides of this moral dilemma, while in actuality he merely infuriated them both. Those opposed to embryonic st...

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... could have been used to research something more useful. In order to follow through with the experiments to research stem cells in the U.S., the laboratories needed federal funding. President George Bush did not oblige, and not only did he not fund the experiments, but pressure from the public and religious groups, he ordered researchers to stop making further advancements in stem ... the U.S. is looked upon as a world leader by other nations, what the U.S. does about the issue of stem cell will give other world leaders a direction to take in this issue. Bush however allowed the continua...

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... that government would not fund the process of killing embryos, but would fund the further research. This idea definitely is a violation of the intent of the law. In 2001, President Bush proposed another policy. He offered taxpayer dollars for research on embryos that had been collected before 1996. By making this policy, Gorge ... Bush had discouraged destroying embryos in the future. However, both interpretations of the law were just attempts to break the law (1,2). The second reason why human embryonic stem cell research should ... ...

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... two types of cloning embryo splitting and nuclear transfer. According to the article, "Blood Vessels Made from Stem Cells," the extracting of the cells kills a living human embryo. However, President Bush decided that there would be federal funding for stem cell cultures that already exist. This would prevent any further killing for research purposes of other human embryos. Researchers argue that ... as cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. Many countries continue their research and there is even speculation of a possible human clone. Stem cell research in the United States accordi...

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On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush finally made a decision on the most recent controversial issue of federal funding for stem-cell research. In a brief televised address, he told the nation that he would support very limited ... when the body recognizes and attempts to kill off foreign tissues that are implanted. Currently, both embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning are legal in the United States. President Bush's decision only limited federal funds for research on already- destroyed embryos, and it only applies to the public sector. Human embryos could indeed, contin...

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... banned federal funds from being used for research of human embryos but recent developments in the research have many policy makers calling for federal funding (Update 329-330). President George W. Bush has said that there will be federal funding for stem cell lines that were already created but will not give federal funding for the creation of any new stem cell ... Council, which is a Washington D.C.- based conservative organization, said that "moral principals are not divisible, killing human embryos for research is wrong is every instance (qted in Update 334)". Opponents of Bush's pla...

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... cloning to produce children or as a result of cloning for biomedical research has become an all too real possibility. The issue has become so prevalent that in 2001, President George W. Bush created the Council on Bioethics specifically to inform him on any issues or advancements made in the field of cloning and stem cell research. One eventual outcome of human cloning ... committee, but by many other sources. Many evangelical Christians and Catholics have been in constant touch with high-ranking government officials, sharing their opinions. Deal Hudson, a Catholic adviser to President ...

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... these cells were destined to be merely "tossed in the trash". So why not use them for study? When stem cell research came to the forefront of American attention, Pres. Bush was quick to put regulations on it, such as the only way researchers can procreate stem cells is through this very process. Pres ... . Bush did not want to see people fertilizing eggs solely for stem cell research. Conclusion Stem Cell Research is a very controversial subject. There are good points and bad points to both ... ...

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... condition is that the stem cells used in research must be obtained from adults" blood or bone marrow or from extra embryos no longer needed at fertility clinics. President George Bush shares part of this view. He announced on August 10, 2001 that some federal funding for stem cell research would be provided for stem cells taken from adults and those ... extra embryos from fertility clinics however, saying he would allow funding for research using existing stem cell lines only, "where the decision on life and death has already been made" (Bush to allow limited stem cell funding). The rea...

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... , and Multiple Sclerosis. There have been many publicized events on stem cell research. The most recent was when President Bush had to make a decision on whether to or allow stem cell research. According to the Aug. 2001 issue of Time, President Bush decided to ban the research on embryo cell and allow the research to continue on adult stem cell. But many ... ...

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... . The embryos that researchers want to use are the ones that would be destroyed anyways by In Vitro Fertilization clinics because they are extras that aren't needed. It seems that Bush's view is hypocritical because he allows these clinics to destroy the embryos, but he won't allow them to be destroyed by a means that could benefit science. The biggest cause of ... . One thing the government could do is keep a close eye on the research to make sure nothing unethical is done like using embryos that are not going to be destroyed. Bush has already put into effect a Presidents council to moni...

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... scientists could even isolate stem cells, the government passed the dickey amendment which prohibited federal funding to create or destroy human embryos ("stem cell research"). In 2001, President Bush announced a new plan "The federal government would fund research on cell line already in existence but would not fund research on new lines, due to it encouraging destruction of ... ...

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... to go about doing it, "states Wield. (Wield, 2009). Stem cell research is very controversial; mainly embryonic stem cell research. The government turned down funding for it during President Bush's office term. This was a huge debate at the time in congress because many felt that this act hindered significant medical progress. (Wield, 2009). Morally and ethically, many think of abortion ... ...

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... 75% of her body in a house fire? These are the types of questions that are raised by those discussing whether or not stem cell research should be used. When President Bush first entered office he passed a veto that cut off any federal funding towards stem cell research. This greatly delayed research until a new bill was passed in 2006 giving money back ... ...

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... is favorable. They also assert that "at least 61 members of the U. S. Senate and more than 200 House members are on record as supporting the research and have urged President Bush to support it." CAMR also puts forth the idea that federal funding is a necessity for stem cell research. With private funding, there are no "safeguards." There is also the possibility ... ...

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