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Wendy Wright, described as the President of Concerned Women for America, makes an impassioned statement in support of her obvious opposition to current stem cell legislation. She refers to Senate Bill 5. Although her post title indicates a prediction that the measure will fail under the veto pen of President Bush she provides no evidence why that would happen.

So I’ll go out on a limb here. If the voting on S5 and the House version of the bill remain the same after a veto from President Bush, there is nearly enough to override the veto right now. The House bill had 218 co-sponsors before the vote. The vote passed 253 to 174. They probably only need 1 out of 5 no votes. The Senate bill won by a vote of 70 to 28 with two not voting. If the President threatened veto he’ll probably have to follow through if he plans to ever use another one. However, if they determine it is pointless, he may withdraw his veto threat for another fight.

Stanford Matthews
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Stem Cell Vote in Senate Won’t Survive Bush’s Veto

Thankfully, President Bush will veto this unethical bill. His position places human life above destructive politics and steers research to methods that actually help patients. Hopefully scientists and patient advocacy groups will realign with what is moral (that is, not destroying human beings for scientific gain), catch up to the amazing advances in therapies and get behind what is both ethical and effective.
Posted by Wendy Wright, President, Concerned Women for America

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