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Frist backs increased federal stem cell funding
Topic Started: Jul 29 2005, 07:30 AM (160 Views)
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Frist backs increased federal stem cell funding
Senate majority leader breaks with Bush on issue

Friday, July 29, 2005; Posted: 7:55 a.m. EDT (11:55 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Breaking with President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Friday he will support legislation to remove some of the administration's limitations on embryonic stem cell research.

Frist, who last month said he did not support expanded federal financing of such research, said his decision was consistent with both his experience as a physician and his opposition to abortion.

"Now is the time to expand the president's policy because it's promising research, but it must be done in a way that is ethically considerate, that respects the dignity of human life," said Frist, who also is a heart and lung transplant surgeon.

The Tennessee Republican, a potential presidential candidate for 2008, said only stem cells from embryos that "would otherwise be discarded," not implanted in a woman or frozen indefinitely, should be considered for research.

Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Frist said his decision was based on policy, not politics.

Almost two-thirds of Americans say they support embryonic stem cell research and a majority of people say they would like to see fewer restrictions on taxpayer funding for those studies, according to recent polls.

"From those cells we have the potential for looking at those diseases that everybody knows about, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and others," Frist said.

The senator planned to further outline his policy in a speech on the Senate floor later Friday.

Frist credited Bush with opening the doors for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and said when this policy was announced in 2001, policy-makers thought 78 stem cell lines would be available. Since then, the number has dropped to 22.

"Those 22 cell lines are not of the quality for human application or human therapy, and that's why today I believe we need to modify that policy," Frist said.

When Bush announced his position on stem cell research, he said the government should pay only for research of stem cell colonies, or lines, that had already been created at that time, so that the "life or death" decision had already been made.

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gvok
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Does this mean that Frist is actually a Democrat?
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Does it mean that Joe Lieberman is a Republican?
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As far as I know Frist is a Republican and Lieberman is a Democrat.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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So then what was the supposed point of your statement?

To whit:

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Does this mean that Frist is actually a Democrat?


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It seems the argument du jour is that all Republicans support the same platform. Therefore when a specific Republican differs from the platform he's really a Democrat in disguise. Isn't that right?
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gvok
Jul 29 2005, 10:07 AM
It seems the argument du jour is that all Republicans support the same platform. Therefore when a specific Republican differs from the platform he's really a Democrat in disguise. Isn't that right?

Says who?

Which leads to my comment that, by your logic Joe Lieberman must be a Republican.

Nice try, by the way.
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That's not my logic, it's yours and apparently psyfi's.
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gvok
Jul 29 2005, 10:12 AM
That's not my logic, it's yours and apparently psyfi's.

Only in your mind.
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Admiralbill_gomec
Jul 29 2005, 11:48 AM
gvok
Jul 29 2005, 10:12 AM
That's not my logic, it's yours and apparently psyfi's.

Only in your mind.

It seems to come up all the time. I'll be sure to point this out the next time you use that logic in a discussion.
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Admiralbill_gomec
Jul 29 2005, 12:48 PM
gvok
Jul 29 2005, 10:12 AM
That's not my logic, it's yours and apparently psyfi's.

Only in your mind.

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Well Gvok - since that discussion was in a completely different thread I can only conclude that the only purpose of this thread was to flame and bait other posters.

This thread is now closed.

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