So who voted ??

I don't like declaring an ethnicity, but if I have to they should have asked me what it was, not just arbitrarily assigned me one based on thier unprofessional evaluation of my external appearance.

I would like to join gins party too! It does get very confusing, but as Marla pointed it, it's all about the almightly dollar and who's paying the bills...sad, but true. We do live in a capitalistic society, so what should we expect but for everything to be driven by money--or how much you can make and horde that is!

Wow thats a lotta points and views!!!

I agree with the same philosophy of "If you don't vote, you can't complain!"

I, myself, voted for Bush... and thats just cuz I've seen his work. But I disagreed with Kerry's Stem Cell Research POV. I don't agree with the use of aborted fetuses for research. It may save lives eventually, but those aborted babies they are doing research on could have been running, walking and talking also. (Nothing against any of you if you've had an abortion) I'm just a strong opinionist against abortion, and because I'm strongly against abortion, I am against stem cell research. There was an article that a woman wrote in a magazine I read awhile ago and she said something about she didnt agree with test tube pregnancies (aka..in vitro fertilization) therefore she wasn't for stem cell research either.

Hmm - here I was under the impression they were from fertility clinics - not abortion clinics.

I just wish we had more forward thinking policies than "WE'LL BURN THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT" what with things not working out as they would ideally due, it seems, to some questionable (if present) planning and strategy approaches.

I just wish things did not have to be perceived as so mutually exclusive and unable to coexist - tons of the great scientists down through history have been people of faith - some of them devoutly so.
(this month's National Geographic has a great article on natural selection etc)

I dont know that all states are that way, but i do know that I did read somewhere that aborted fetuses (if used in time) were used for stem cell research. I'm not saying I am the know all of Stem Cell Research and the use of the aborted fetuses for it... I'm just stating what I read and what I myself know.

I am not against stem cell research, i just think that we should use the stem cells from the spine. From everything I have read they are just as good, if not better than the alternative. We could donate stem cells like we donate blood :) I think there should be some more research into that option.

the only problem with spinal stem cells is that they cannot take as many forms... they can take many but not all forms... a nice alternative however are stem cells from ambilical fluid or placenta.. these stem cells I believe are just as versitle as the fetal stem cells. But feel free to check me on this stuff as I'm just learning about it all myself for a presentation I have to give. :)

I think what you meant there was umbilical cord cells. Or maybe amniotic fluid. Anyhow, from what I understand, cells that come from developing tissues (such as fetal cells, umbilical cells, etc.) are more flexible regarding what they are able to become than other cells, say those already dedicated to liver function.

Yes, I forgot about the umbilicus cells. I feel that if we are going to explore this promising advancement all the options need to be looked into thouroghly. We should look at the umbilicus cells, the spinal cells, and the amniotic cells first, if we can find a way for these to be productive without anyting extra dying to heal the living the world is happier in general.

I forgot about the Umbilical Cord .... I know that they allow you to save the cord blood to help with anything your baby/child will need in the future... but that costs you out the butt! It's very expensive and for those that may want to do it, they may not be able to afford it. If things like that were more affordable, I think that many mothers would go that route. Then, IMO, we wouldnt have to rely on aborted fetuses for research in stem cells. IMO like i said.........