Quotes About Embryonic Stem Cell Research

#1. There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research.

Virginia Foxx

#2. Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.

Patti Davis

#3. Embryonic stem-cell research requires the destruction of life to create a stem cell. That's why I think we've got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science.

George W. Bush

#4. More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

Ron Kind

#5. The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human beings.

Tom DeLay

#6. There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it.

Ernest Istook

#7. I am pro-life. I believe human life begins at conception. I also believe that embryonic stem cell research should be encouraged and supported.

Bill Frist

#8. Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years.

Mike Pence

#9. The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

Sandy Adams

#10. I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Nancy Reagan

#11. To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.

Mike Pence

#12. Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

Roger Wicker

#13. So here you have Barack Obama going in and spending the money on embryonic stem cell research. Eugenics.

Glenn Beck

#14. Embryonic stem cell research is at the leading edge of a series of moral hazards.

George W. Bush

#15. The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research.

Louise Slaughter

#16. Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily available to scientists must increase.

Ron Kind

#17. Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people.

Jim Ramstad

#18. In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.

Nathan Deal

#19. I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

Eliot Engel

#20. I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research.

Sandy Adams

#21. Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.

Nancy Reagan

#22. The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years.

Virginia Foxx

#23. Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

Diana DeGette

#24. I'm a supporter of embryonic stem cell research. I do think there are very important moral and also religious questions at stake in the debate over embryonic stem cell research.

Michael Sandel

#25. Science alone cannot justify the pro-life position, thought it can give us the facts we need to draw moral conclusions on a host of controversial issues, including abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning.

Scott Klusendorf

#26. The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

Lois Capps

#27. You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

Ron Reagan

#28. As well might a gnat seek to drink in the ocean, as a finite creature to comprehend the Eternal God. A God whom we could understand would be no God. If we could grasp Him, He could not be infinite. If we could understand Him, He could not be divine.

Charles Spurgeon

#29. Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late.

Zach Braff

#30. A vow is a heavenly created obligation in motion that only ends when fully completed.

Lizelle DuPlessis

#31. 'Easy' is not a word I would ever use to describe touring.

Rivers Cuomo

#32. You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.

Terry Pratchett

#33. The United States is a beautiful place, you know?

Billy Higgins

#34. What we need is action - action!

John Brown

#35. Love has been in perpetual strife with monogamy ...

Ellen Key

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Andrew Mason

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Gloria Steinem

#38. The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research.

Steve Israel

#39. The politicized sponsors of this pseudoscientific nonsense should be ashamed to live, let alone die. If you want to take part in the "war" against cancer, and other terrible maladies, too, then join the battle against their lethal stupidity.

Christopher Hitchens

#40. adjourn for another beer. We

Irvine Welsh