Bush Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill
Thursday, July 20th, 2006By now, you have no doubt heard that President Bush has issued the first veto of his presidency. He decided that first bill important enough to veto was the McCain-Feingold anti-free speech bill the massive, $400 billion drug entitlement program the Patriot Act a bill designed to fund medical research.
So, instead of being used for research that could cure conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, nerve damage, MS, and Parkinson’s Disase, thousands of frozen embryos will instead be flushed down the toilet, destroyed to no one’s benefit. Good going there, Prez. Thanks.
Now, in fairness, all he did was prevent Congress from spending money on the issue. There’s no ban on private embryonic stem cell research.
But still, Bush waited six years to issue a veto, overlooking both major violations of our civil liberties and massive government waste of our tax dollars, and he when he finally does get around the exercising his veto power, he uses it to prevent funding of potentially life-saving research.
That about sums up our President. Better luck next time!
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