If you want to add federal funds for research - use it for adult stem cell research. You certainly must be aware of all of the advances with adult stem cells - NOT EMBRYONIC ONES!

NO BAD, DO NOT DO THIS

With concern for our children and prayer for those who would foster this barbaric action,

Sincerely,

These well-known ladies and Gentlemen have been articulate and occassionally even emotionally moving in their very passionate appeals. This does not mean that I have ever bought their arguments.

I am a thirty-four year old man. For the last thirty-four years - my entire life, in other words - I have been living with a connective tissue disorder, known clinically as Osteogenesis Imperfecta (O.I.)

I have a wonderful mother, who happens to agree with me on this contriversial medical issue, a father, who loves me unconditionally, a great personal care assistant, and an awesome sister and brother-in-law + an adorable nephew. I am blessed beyond what could have imagined at birth, and thanks to the aforementioned heroes, my life is currently not that bad.

I cannot say that, despite the very best efforts of those who love me, that it has always been that way. In fact, it has not.

The other truth that you would find out anyway, if you really got to know me well, is that I am pro-life!!!

For this reason, and no other, I would have to believe that the use of embryonic stem cells were the one and only way to discover cures for currently incureable diseases. I would have to believe that Mr. Fox's very well-meaning suggestion was the sole way that these brakethroughs could occur.

I do not believe either of these claims.

I believe that the responsible procurement of adult stem cells, of which there are definitely enough, will serve everyone's needs just fine.

To think, we can meet all the needs and we don't even have to sacrifice unborn children to do so.

Perfect!

I am writing this letter to voice my complete opposition to the practice and use of my tax dollars in the research of human embryonic stem cells. Through simple study of human embryonic stem cell research and its benefits to mankind, there are currently no benefits or cures that have come from embryonic stem cells. However, what has been beneficial is the research into Adult stem cells which is not only ethically sound but the cells can also be found in multiple locations in the human body and (with further research) may have properties to be able to regenerate themselves (adult stem cells). On record there are 73 cures from Adult stem cells that are benefiting mankind. Embryonic stem cells have none. Please, I implore you, to stop funding an unethically sound and dead, embryonic stem cell, project. Instead look to where the benefits are coming from and invest in research for Adult stem cells. Thank you for your time.

Why would our government allow the destruction of embryos that could be donated for adoption to couples that are unable to conceive naturally and cannot afford expensive alternatives? Our government should be helping it's citizens, not destroying life!

There have been very promising stem cell research from adult stem cells and new born navel cord stem cells. I request the consideration be made for funding in this area.

Please DO NOT allow the research on embryonic stem cell research be funded by Federal money.

Sincerely,

Yet, there have been many beneficial advances in medicine with adult stem cell research.

There is no LOGICAL reason to allow continued use of embryonic stem cell researh when adult stem cell research is providing success with hope of healing for millions of humans.

The only reason to continue to do embyonic stem cell reseach is either for the sole purpose of gaining federal funds or for purposes other than ethical healing of humans.

Therefore, I ask that human embyonic stem cell research funding from my tax dollars not be allowed. I do not want to hurt more people and I do not want to contribute to the mutilation of tiny humans for any reason. Nor do I want my tax dollars to be used for murdering human beings, because in any culture that is unethical.

sincerely,

The Administration’s Executive Order on stem cell research restored scientific decision-making to its rightful place at the NIH. In these guidelines, the NIH has demonstrated its capacity to formulate a research framework that will unleash the potential of embryonic stem cell research while maintaining the highest safety and ethical standards. I would encourage the NIH, however, to grandfather into this policy stem cell lines that have received federal funding, as well as existing lines that were derived in an ethically-responsible manner according to the best practices at the time. Research on these stem cell lines should be eligible for federal funding so that scientists can maximize the scientific advancements already achieved through research on these lines.

Research should be vigorously pursued on all promising stem cell sources that could potentially lead to a cure for type 1 diabetes. While embryonic stem cell research is still in its early stages, this research has already yielded impressive results in our continuing effort to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Recent research suggests that embryonic stem cells can be differentiated to produce the insulin-producing beta cells that could reverse the course of type 1 diabetes.

We do not yet know which stem cell sources may ultimately lead to a cure or be the most clinically useful or practical for patients with type 1 diabetes. It is clear, however, that the more knowledge we gain about embryonic stem cells, the better we can assess the full therapeutic potential of all stem cell sources. These draft guidelines allowing federal funding for embryonic stem cell research using excess embryos from fertility clinics will ensure that this research matures and its potential is more fully realized. I commend the NIH for allowing this important research to expand in a scientifically and ethically appropriate manner.

We hear of babies being killed in other countries as a form of population control and we are generally appalled by this idea; however, we have no problem with killing babies in order to do "research."

The most heart-breaking part of this is that most of the same forms of research can be done with harvested cord blood and stem cells that do not need to be obtained from embryos themselves.

America--it's time to turn our eyes upon Jesus. Life begins at conception. Psalm 106:34-43 "Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had told them to. But they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves. Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance. He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin."

Wake up America! We should be able to smell the stench of our own sin by now--it's disgusting. Pray for President Obama and the rest of the government--pray that they will wake up and smell their sin and realize that calling themselves "Christian" is as true as Bill Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" statement.

II. Guidelines for Eligibility of Human Embryonic Stem Cells for Use in Research

A. The Executive Order: Executive Order 13505, Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells, states that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), through the Director of the NIH, may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research, to the extent permitted by law.

Nor do I ever want my tax dollars to support this barbarian practice. I am directly opposed to the abortion of human life at any stage and certainly opposed to then use that precious little life for a scientific experiment. I never thought I would see the day when human life was so reduced to a mere approval of a bill or a sign off on paper. We should all be ashamed of ourselves for corrupting God's creation so. Sinserly, *****, PA.

SO, PLEASE STOP USING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO DO STEM CELLS RESEARCH!

Thank you,

As a tax payer and a Roman Catholic, I object strenuously to using MY tax dollar to fund any form of embryonic stem cell research.

This is to voice my opposition to the use of federal funds for research

This is to voice my opposition to the use federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells.

ADULT human stem cells do not destroy the life of a human being and should be the only stem cells used for research.

Life is a very precious gift and should be protected and valued in all stages!

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Please submit your comment directly to the National Institutes of Health by May 26, 2009 to oppose use of federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells.

As you may know, President Bush's policy was to allow funding for research that involved embryonic stem cells taken from human embryos so long as the cells were obtained on or prior to August 9, 2001. Since then, the government has funded research on over 22 stem cell lines. President Bush's policy erected a wall and did not encourage the further killing of human embryos for their cells.

However, on March 9, 2009 President Barack Obama issued an executive order that overturned President Bush's policy and opened the floodgates for funding more embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) that creates an incentive to create and destroy human embryos. President Obama designated the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to draft guidelines for distributing funds for this research. Last week, April 23, NIH officially posted draft guidelines to open federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells. What these guidelines do is send your tax dollars to experiment on stem cells taken from human embryos that supposedly are "leftover" from in vitro fertilization. Instead of promoting the adoption of these human embryos, these draft guidelines would require their death. We strongly oppose these regulations!! Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter of importance.

Thank you for your consideration.

There are several issues involved.

1. How were those embryos - fertilized ova - obtained? From miscarriages? From abortions? From traffickers in embryos?

2. Embryonic stem cell research has been going on for 25 years without, I understand, result, whereas ADULT stem cell research has resulted in progress in treating some 70 diseases. Therefore, why all the fuss about embryonic stem cell research?

3. The most fundamental questions concerning federally funded stem cell research is that such research can now take place and be funded pursuant to a Presidential Executive Order 13505. I thought that only the House of Representatives can appropriate the funding for any Federally funded program. Under our Constitution the President does not have the power to appropriate money for anything. (A) Isn't the President unconstitutionally usurping this Constitutional prerogative of the House? (B) Are Executive Orders per se Constitutional? (C) Shouldn't matters having to do with appropriations and expenditures of Federal funds for Federal programs be decisions of our elected representatives? (C) What about "government of the people, by the people and for the people"?

Thank you,

I find it difficult to believe that people who are so highly educated as to be able to endorse human embryonic stem cell experimentation cannot understand how the intentional destruction of one of these embryos is not destroying human life. If you left those cells to "divide...in culture..." and they continued to develop and you put them in an embryo-friendly environment (such as a uterus), these cells would form into a human being; not a zygote, not a fetus, a real person - like the experimenters themselves.

PLEASE do not use federal funds to promote/perform human embryonic stem cell research. You are taking a life that does not belong to you, and using my money to do it - against my will (and, even according to the government's definition, I have my rights, even if a embryo or fetus does not).

It is a puzzle to me that thoughtful scientist exchange the saving of lives and the success with the use of adult stem cells for the proven failure of stem cell research using embros.

As a tax payer I would like to see our tax dollars used wisely and in areas of proven success.

I am in favor of promoting the adoption of these human embryos rather then thier death.

This is to encourage you to consider the facts that NO significant diseases have been prevented/ cured by embryonic stem cells and that the research and applications have been VERY significant with Adult Stem Cells which have cured many diseases, therefore we need NO Embryonic Stem Cell Research. I hope you will agree and vote against it.