President's First Veto?

(from LifeSiteNews.com) - President Bush, a long-time opponent of the use of living human embryos in stem cell research, has vowed to veto a proposed bill that would increase federal funding for embryo-killing experimentation. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on H.R. 810, the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act,” a bill that would see federal funding for using embryos stored in IVF labs.

Bush has never yet exercised his veto power, but he says he will do it if the House passes the bill. He said he strongly opposes “the use of federal money – taxpayers’ money -- to promote science which destroys life in order to save life.”

Researchers, eager to get hold of the embryos frozen in storage in commercial IVF labs around the country, have been lobbying hard since 2001 using a co-conspiring media already committed to abortion and the consequent cheapening of human life. Major media outlets such as Reuters and the New York Times, have consistently favoured embryo research and are skewing public opinion with deceptive euphemisms in a manner only too familiar to pro-life advocates.

This effort has been balanced however, by the large number of successful experimental treatments using adult and umbilical cord stem cells. An International Communications Research poll earlier this month found 52 to 36 of those polled opposed embryonic stem cell research. A Winston Group poll of Republicans found that 73% were less favorable to embryo research if it was made clear to them that it ends the embryo’s life. Even those who were pro-choice after hearing this message were 64% less favorable.

See the transcript of President Bush's remarks yesterday after meeting with 21 families that adopted children as embryos.