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Bush on Stem Cell Veto: ‘These Boys and Girls Are Not Spare Parts’

Moments ago, Bush made a statement at the White House discussing why he vetoed a bill expanding funding for embryonic stem cell research. (The media was barred from covering the veto itself.) Bush explained, “these boys and girls are not spare parts.”

An embryo is not a boy or a girl. It’s a cluster of about 150 cells smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. The embryos funded by the bill Bush vetoed were “created for the purposes of in vitro fertilization…which are spare or in excess of clinical need and in every single case are slated for medical waste.”

Only about 10 percent of embryos are adopted — the rest are disposed of. Had Bush signed the bill into law, they could instead be used to develop potentially live-saving cures for millions of people.

(Think Progress)
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Apparently, now bush is only catering to the loony-toon 30% of the population that doesn't want him impeached. I guess that he feels that no one else likes him, so screw them!
Gawd forbid that he do anything that would help further science and medicine.
Asshole....