Thank you Bob--Re: FW: Cloning understanding needed

[charlotte A mancuso <mancann@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear Bob,

Thank you for sharing your letter and news of Nancy with us.  I'm so
sorry for your whole family that Nancy is having such a hard time of it
now.  I missed you, Nancy and your family at the forum this year, and
worried about how she was doing.  You are a remarkable person, as is
Nancy.  I still dearly hope that there is a chance of relief for Nancy.

Best regards,

Charlotte Mancuso

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:46:57 -0500 Bob Martone <BMartone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> List,
>
> I sent the following response to the editor of our local paper in
> reply
> to a recommendation by another citizen that SR1899 Brownback  Bill
> be
> allowed to prevail.
>
>
> Bob Martone
> BMartone@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Martone [mailto:BMartone@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 6:23 PM
> To: Polk County Enterprise (polknews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> Subject: Cloning understanding needed
>
> To the editor:
>
> J. Bell's article "Cloning laws needed" in your May 30, publication
> came
> up a little short on the options that the Senate will face soon in
> the
> cloning debate. SR 2439 which is co-sponsored by Democrats Kennedy
> and
> Feinstein, and Republicans Spector and Hatch would deal with the
> subject
> in a much more compassionate and responsible way.
>
> The issue here is not the cloning or potential to clone a human.
> This
> virtually everyone including me finds plenty of good reasons to slow
> down, if not stop entirely, until the many ethical and technical
> issues
> on this subject can be better understood.
>
> Therapeutic cloning on the other hand is about developing cures for
> diseases that kill and debilitate millions of people today. I know
> because my wife is one of them. She and our family have suffered
> from
> Parkinson's disease for over 25 years.  As a spouse, it is extremely
> important to me to convey to the American people and to your
> readers,
> the truth about therapeutic cloning.
>
> Therapeutic cloning is fundamentally different than reproductive
> cloning; therapeutic cloning produces stem cells, not babies. No
> sperm
> is ever used. The cells are not transplanted into a womb. And,
> therapeutic cloning could allow patients to be cured using their own
> DNA.
>
> People like Nancy deserve a chance at life. She can barely walk now.
> Her
> speech is slurred and barely audible. She can barely feed herself
> and
> perhaps worst of all she can no longer hold those grandchildren that
> she
> so cherishes.
>
> A vote for SR 1899 sponsored by Senator Sam Brownback would put
> Nancy in
> jail together with the scientists and doctors that would seek to
> cure
> her. As our senators and congressmen and our citizens become better
> informed about these differences I pray that they will be able to
> make
> the distinction and vote to save lives not to imprison those who
> would.
>
> Please call our Texas Senators and tell them to vote for SR. 2439
> Human
> Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002.
>
> Bob Martone
>
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