Laura Bush's comments

[senorina]

Originally posted by Maureen in Italy:
From what I gathered via an interview with Michael J Fox and George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Bush was the first president to be able to authorize stem cell funding as the technology came in around the same time he became President.

Here's a link to the interview. He says it around 2 minutes and 45 seconds into the interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ek1mzPW_M

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It looks like you are right on this one Maureen -

http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2951

[Maureen in Italy]

Originally posted by senorina:
It looks like you are right on this one Maureen -

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually based on that timeline it looks like MadderCow was right too. Makes you wonder if Gore had been elected president in 2000 and the funding been okayed, how much progress would have been made by now.

Aug. 23, 2000: The National Institutes of Health issue guidelines that allow federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. Former President Bill Clinton supports the guidelines.

February 2001: The month after taking office, President George W. Bush requests a review of the NIH funding guidelines and puts a hold on federal funds for stem-cell research.

July 18, 2001: Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a vocal abortion opponent, call for limited federal funding for stem-cell research.

July 29, 2001: House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and other Republican House leaders come out in opposition to federal funding for research.

Aug. 9, 2001: President Bush announces his decision to limit funding to a few dozen lines of embryonic stem cells in existence at that date. Many of the approved lines later prove to be contaminated, and some contain genetic mutations, making them unsuitable for research. (MORE: 'Bush Limits Funding for Stem-Cell Research')

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[feelinggreat]

Incredibly callous.

What was she thinking? This will not work in their favor.