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Jul 19, 2006
The 1st Veto of His Tenure
Veto expected today on stem cell bill - Yahoo! News
With all of the shoddy legislation that has come across his desk in the last 6 years, W has decided to draw his line in the sand regarding stem cell research.
Apparently, his conservative Christianity just will not allow all Americans, even the World, to benefit from expanded federal funding of stem cell research. The recent House and Senate bills passed by wide margins and are supported by a large majority of Americans. Neither bill, however, passed by a two-thirds, veto-proof majority.
The sad truth is that this pending veto is aimed more at shoring up the base than any sort of real scientific reasoning or even any compassion for the unborn. Every year thousands of human embryos are created for the purpose of invitro fertilization (IVF). The vast majority of those go unused, stuffed into freezers and eventually destroyed.
What possible sense does it make for the them to be discarded without being put to any beneficial use. And what about the vanity of the rich and famous that creates a good number of those unnecessary embryos? Do we really need Cheryl Tiegs and Cindy Margolis touting the joys of IVF and surrogate parents long after nature has told them that giving birth is not a natural choice for them? Shouldn't this really be the cause of W's alarm and not what the proper use of the discarded embryos should be?
This, of course, is a symptom of the meglomania that causes him to think that he is incapable of faulty decision making. Despite support from prominent Republicaans and a large portion of Americans, W will once again go it alone and veto a bill that is nothing but beneficial to one and all.
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