Four of seven panelists expressed support for destructive embryonic stem-cell research at a hearing on Capitol Hill today.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chairman of the Subcommittee on Health in the Energy and Commerce Committee, supports the unethical research and scheduled the hearing.
Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., also stood on the unethical side of the aisle. She plans to introduce legislation next month to overturn President Bush's restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research.
"Even if we don't pass it this session of Congress, I want to be ready when we have a new president and a new Congress," she told Congress Daily.
Unlike unethical embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells continue to successfully treat patients.
Douglas Rice, a heart patient, is a living example of the benefit of adult stem cells.
“I used my own adult stem cells and a simple angioplasty procedure to have my life given back to me," he said. "Your own adult stem cells have so much more to give than we give them credit for.”
Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said, “The science is clear that adult stem cells are far superior to embryonic stem cells for treating diseases. This hearing was simply a ploy by pro-abortion, liberal lawmakers to tout funding for unethical, unproven research that the president has already vetoed twice.”
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