IMHO, we Yanks should have bought French nuclear electricity technology and service rather than developed our own. They do a much better, safer, less expensive job of it. There’s just no reason not to buy from the best supplier, whereever they might be.

Makes me think of rabies and smallpox.

I suspect that our next president–whomever that may be–will promptly retract Pres Bush’s executive order.

I don’t think all French hate Americans. Or all Americans hate French (in spite of the “freedom fries”). Profit always overrides, or at least usually. Anyway, it’s the drug companies that control it all anyway, no matter where they are. They don’t care about nationality at all. They care about money money money. For that matter, they don’t care about health. They would love to keep everyone sick so they keep taking their drugs. Money money money. Oh sorry, off topic.

A question, why do you use the spelling “G-d” as orthodox Jewish people do, when referring to Heavenly Father?

Oh please! So if I’m a USA patient buying a treatment from a Canadian or French, etc company that was originally pioneered from a Canadian or French, etc University, I’ll somehow pay more than I would to a USA firm, or be at another country’s mercy. I’ll have to remember that the next time I take a French supplied med I take, how I’m so fortunet they’ve overlooked my nationality and hatred of me and were so gracious to sell me the stuff. Thank G-d the profit motive overrides the nonsense of human bigotry.

For the record, the Mormon church does not take a stance on when life begins. If you heard Mormons say that life begins at conception, that is their own opinions.

Dan the Second: While I clearly disagree with Pres Bush’s decision, I refrain from calling him and his supporters “nut-jobs.” Such talk shuts down communication and with it cooperation.

“considerable hypocrisy of approving ANY lines of stem cells to exist”

Yes, that is a problem.

You have a point, though, in that none of these blog posts mentioned that life begins at conception. But this does seem to be a crowd fairly steeped in religious beliefs, and the premise of the Christian and Mormon opposition to abortion (and stem cell research) is that life does begin at conception.

BTW (lest there be any doubt), I’m not the same “Dan” who submitted the first post on this topic.

While the religious nut-jobs in the U.S. prevent stem cell research from progressing, other more advanced (i.e., pragmatic) cultures — including, perhaps, Canadians — will discover the cures for innumerable ailments, and Yanks will one day be at their mercy for treatment.