Exploiting the snowflakes
by digby
As you listen to the crocodile tears of right wingers protesting the use of children to make a political point, remember this:
In the first ever veto of his administration, President Bush has killed legislation that would have expanded federal support of stem cell research by making available to scientists new “lines” of such cells that experts generally agree are needed to move forward in finding treatments for spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other life threatening diseases.
The veto was announced during a carefully staged ceremony at the White House, where the President was surrounded by families whose “snowflake babies” began as “frozen embryos” created by in vitro fertilization. No longer needed by the families who produced them, such embryos were available for “adoption.”
The president said: “We must remember that embryonic stem cells come from human embryos that are destroyed for their cells. Each of these human embryos is a unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value. We see that value in the children who are with us today.”
“These boys and girls are not spare parts,” said the President.
Nothing manipulative about that at all.
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