Thursday, June 24, 2004
Reagans' son tells his mother to stop killing children to help old men
While advocates of embryonic stem cell research have invoked the name of Ronald Reagan in their crusade for taxpayer funding of the unproven research, his son says the former president would never have supported it.
After Nancy Reagan began the push for President Bush to reverse his policy against taxpayer funding of any new embryonic stem cell research (ESCR), the media, members of Congress and state legislators began invoking the name of the pro-life president.
Some have gone so far as to name legislation promoting the destructive research after the recently deceased president.
Now, Michael Reagan, one of the president's sons, is joining pro-life groups in saying that ESCR advocates are trashing his father's pro-life legacy.
"The media continues to report that the Reagan 'family' is in favor of [embryonic] stem cell research, when the truth is that two members of the family have been long time foes of this process of manufacturing human beings -- my dad, Ronald Reagan during his lifetime, and I," Michael Reagan writes in an editorial.
"Moreover, using the widely promoted and thoroughly discredited argument that stem cell research can lead to a cure of Alzheimer's disease, the media and proponents of stem cell research have suggested that had the research been done a long time ago, my dad might have avoided the ordeal he endured," Reagan explains. "This is junk science at its worst."
After Nancy Reagan began the push for President Bush to reverse his policy against taxpayer funding of any new embryonic stem cell research (ESCR), the media, members of Congress and state legislators began invoking the name of the pro-life president.
Some have gone so far as to name legislation promoting the destructive research after the recently deceased president.
Now, Michael Reagan, one of the president's sons, is joining pro-life groups in saying that ESCR advocates are trashing his father's pro-life legacy.
"The media continues to report that the Reagan 'family' is in favor of [embryonic] stem cell research, when the truth is that two members of the family have been long time foes of this process of manufacturing human beings -- my dad, Ronald Reagan during his lifetime, and I," Michael Reagan writes in an editorial.
"Moreover, using the widely promoted and thoroughly discredited argument that stem cell research can lead to a cure of Alzheimer's disease, the media and proponents of stem cell research have suggested that had the research been done a long time ago, my dad might have avoided the ordeal he endured," Reagan explains. "This is junk science at its worst."
