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SAMPLE LETTER IN SUPPORT OF STEM CELL RESEARCH |
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Below you will find a sample
letter in support of embryonic and adult stem cell research.
Copy the text of the letter to send to your own Senators or
tell them your own personal story. Your opinion matters to your
representatives, and they need to hear what you
think.
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The Honorable (First Name) (Last Name)
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator (Last Name):
More than 90% of the
American population has experienced or will experience the
effects of a spinal or brain-related disease, disorder or injury
at some point in their lives. These Central Nervous System (CNS)
disorders includes spinal cord injury, memory loss, learning
disability, stroke, brain injury, and dementia, among others.
Today, more than 250,000 Americans have been disabled by spinal
cord injuries. Head injuries have affected another two million
people. Strokes affect 500,000 new people every year. The total
impact of spinal cord and brain disorders impact the American
economy in excess of $400 billion a year, including direct
health care costs and additional indirect lifetime costs.
I am among those whose life has been touched by a spinal or
brain-related injury. The research is promising, giving hope to
millions of Americans disabled by such diseases and disorders as
spinal cord injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease
and Alzheimer's Disease and to those of us who love them and
care for them. What is needed now is increased funding of this
promising research.
The research, including that involving both embryonic and adult
stem cells, is so close to finding a cure for so many of these
CNS diseases and disorders. We need your help to see that
promise come to fruition.
The men, women, and children who are suffering from
life-threatening diseases are engaged in a race against time. It
is our responsibility to make sure that they benefit as quickly
as possible from the very best that science and technology has
to offer. I urge you to support increased government funding for
this research.
Respectfully Yours,
(Your Name)
(Your City, State) |
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SAMPLE LETTER IN SUPPORT OF SCNT RESEARCH |
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Below you will find a sample
letter in support of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT),
also known as "therapeutic cloning".
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The Honorable (First Name) (Last Name)
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator (Last Name):
I
am writing to voice my support for protecting somatic cell
nuclear transfer (SCNT), also known as therapeutic cloning,
which may prove to be a vital tool in allowing scientists to
fully develop the promise of embryonic stem cell research.
Stem cells derived from embryos have unique potential to improve
the nearly 100 million lives of those Americans who suffer from
devastating diseases and conditions, including juvenile
diabetes, ALS, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cancer
and spinal cord injury. SCNT allows a patient's own genetic
material to be used to develop advanced stem cell therapies.
These therapies - including transplants and transfusions - would
be tailored to match each patient's specific medical condition
and dramatically reduce the possibility of causing the patient's
immune system to attack and reject the therapy.
The nation's leading scientists, including two prestigious
committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the American
Association of the Advancement of Science, agree that cloning to
reproduce humans should be illegal, but that SCNT technology
should be permitted. Given the enormous scientific potential in
this area, I ask you to defeat any legislative or regulatory
action that would ban research related to SCNT. I
also urge you to oppose any legislation that would include a
moratorium on SCNT research. A moratorium would only mean that
important medical breakthroughs are put on hold indefinitely.
People suffering from disease are told they will just have to
wait for their cures. Many of these patients do not have time to
wait and a research delay could be a death sentence.
In contrast, I urge you to support legislation that would prohibit human reproductive cloning
while preserving important areas of medical research.
The men, women, and children who are suffering from
life-threatening diseases are engaged in a race against time. It
is our responsibility to make sure that they benefit as quickly
as possible from the very best that science and technology has
to offer.
I look forward to your support.
Respectfully Yours,
(Your Name)
(Your City, State) |
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