Bush vetoes stem cell bill

[bones_IV]

I find it hypocritical that Bush supports private funding of stem cell research but vetoes a bill what would support public funding of stem cell research. He needs to be more consistent.

 

[rlg94086]

I find it hypocritical that Bush supports private funding of stem cell research but vetoes a bill what would support public funding of stem cell research. He needs to be more consistent.

First of all, we should all support stem cell research.

How does he “support” private funding of embryonic stem cell research? Does the president privately fund those efforts?

The article says…

To blunt criticism, the White House said Bush is issuing an executive order directing the Health and Human Services Department to promote research into cells that –** like human embryonic stem cells** – also hold the potential of regenerating into different types of cells that might be used to battle disease.
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Snow said Bush’s executive order will encourage scientists to work with the government to add research on new stem cell lines –that does not involve the creation, harming or destruction of human embryos – to the list of projects eligible for federal funding.

IOW…they aren’t embryonic stem cells, but they are like them - I think he is referring to the same type of research Mitt Romney supports.