New Stem Cell Bill Puts Ball in Pelosi’s Court

Last week’s Presidential veto was hailed as a victory for those who do no support the use of human embryos for unproven scientific experimentation. Opponents of this legislature contend that federal funding of this type would find cures for diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson’s. To date, their claims are unproven while other forms of stem cell research have proven to be successful.

While Speaker Pelosi continues to waste time and money on lobbying for methods that destroy life, she is also wasting time and resources at the expense of those methods that are providing results. While I am certain that Pelosi is only interested in creating a debate and pushing the liberal agenda, she will be given another opportunity to prove me wrong. This week, a new bipartisan piece of legislature called the Patients First Act was introduced by Congressman Randy Forbes (R-N.Y.) and Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.).

This new piece of sensible legislation would provide government funds to pro-life alternatives in stem cell research. The new legislation, geared to focusing more funding on already proven, pro-life methods appears to a solid piece of legislation for those looking for new cures without the required termination of embryos.

This bill should turn up on the heat on the Democratic-lead Congress, as their lack of support of this legislation would only indicate that they are interested pursuing the unproven scientific experimentation of embryonic stem cell research that requires the termination of human life.

Thanks for this bill go to the Family Research Council who was instrumental in putting this bill together with a bipartisan approach that also has President Bush’s strong support.

Time will tell, but the ball is now clearly in Speaker Pelosi’s court.