X-Message-Number: 18638 From: Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:40:10 EST Subject: Thanks to all who are writing letters re: cloning --part1_12.1ae46f9a.29a94a1a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 02/22/2002 5:01:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: Rudi Hoffman wrote: > But back to the task at hand. YOUR task. If you value the possibility of > therapeutic cloning research improving YOUR life in the next 3 or 5 or 10 > years. Instead of the 15 or 20 or more which it could take if we allow the > > U. S. government to CRIMINALIZE RESEARCH! > (end) > John Grigg wrote: > Today I sent my letter off to the Alaska senator Ted Stevens. He is one of > the powerhouses in the U.S. senate. > > Thanks to Grigg, Christiansen, and others who have written re: this bill. If you missed the first reference, may I again suggest that you go to the Life Extension Website and utilize their format for writing your senator regarding this important piece of legislation. Here again is the URL: lef.org I understand the House version of this bill, which basically criminalizes any cloning research with human cells, has already passed. We know Bush wants to ban cloning, and is not making a clear distinction between therapeutic and reproductive cloning. If I am wrong about this, I am willing to be corrected. SO, the SENATE is our last line of defense here. I rarely write letters to lawmakers, as I think this practice is mostly "pissing in the wind." But, I think this issue is one which the scientific, extropian, cryonics, humanistic family can really pull together on. Please write now. LEF has made it very easy. Rudi Hoffman Member Financial Planner's Association, Certified Planner Member ALCOR Life Extension Foundation Member Libertarian Party Member National Rifle Association Member Extropy Foundation Board Member Port Orange Chamber of Commerce Board Member Daytona Salvation Army --part1_12.1ae46f9a.29a94a1a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18638