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...cover story addressed the complicated reality behind the optimistic predictions and heated ethical and political arguments about stem cells. Doctors, patients and concerned citizens weighed in on issues of medical progress, morality and the President's veto of the human embryonic-stem-cell bill...
Nancy Gibbs is to be commended for articulating the science of stem cells in layman's terms [Aug. 7] so that the public can make an informed decision regarding it. Science and technology have a long way to go with regard to this research, but imposing limits could impede a medical breakthrough. As a rare-disease patient and taxpayer, I hope that in a country with as much knowledge, expertise and resources as the U.S., that breakthrough will occur in my lifetime. TRACY E. LATIMER VICE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS FOUNDATION Las Vegas...
Think of embryos used for research as troops being sent to war. Some must die so that others can live. Embryonic-stem-cell research should be funded, just as the war on terrorism is. MEGHAN CHUA Deerfield...
...voted for President Bush and have agreed with almost all the decisions he has made. But the veto on embryonic-stem-cell research wasn't among them. I'm terminally ill, and although it's too late for me, denying U.S. scientists access to this 21st century technology because of religious beliefs is madness. If the President ever needs such treatment and decides not to use it, so be it. Denying it to everyone else is inhuman. JOHN PORTER Portland...
When the President vetoed the stem-cell-research bill, many Americans, including me, were finally able to support a major presidential decision. No one is opposed to improving treatments for cancer, spinal-cord injuries or heart disease, but I am opposed to destroying life in order to get there. Embryos must be respected in the same way an 8-month-old fetus is respected. I believe science should pursue research on umbilical-cord and adult stem cells but leave the embryos alone. BRIAN WALLIS Glen Allen...