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Washington, D.C. (April 18,
2002)
– A group
of paraplegics will stage a mock hanging on the Capitol grounds on Thursday
April 18 to dramatize to Senators the consequence of a ban on therapeutic
cloning for stem cell research. The group believes that while Congress debates
this issue, their lives and the lives of millions of Americans are "hanging in
the balance."-- Press Release,
www.livesinthebalance.com
IN THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
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THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES, through their
elected representatives
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Civil Action
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THERAPEUTIC CLAIMS FOR HUMAN CLONING
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SUMMARY
Whereas human cloning has never treated a single human patient;
whereas embryonic stem cells have never been successfully derived from cloned
human beings; whereas the therapeutic potential of human cloning and embryonic
stem cells remains untested, unproven and purely speculative; and whereas adult
stem cells and other alternatives are already successfully treating human
patients, including patients with Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Parkinson’s,
Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis and Heart Disease;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all
patients expecting a “death sentence” in the absence of human cloning are
granted a
STAY OF EXECUTION by
reason of the clinical progress in using adult stem cells and other alternatives
as evidenced by the attached, and at
www.stemcellresearch.org and
www.cloninginformation.org.
Furthermore,
based on this evidence,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED,
ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the “mock hanging” of paraplegic members of
the disability community now scheduled to occur on the grounds of the United
States Capital on Thursday, April 18, 2002, be permanently stayed and the
Brownback-Landrieu
Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 1899) should be adopted.
SO ORDERED.
Dated:
April 18, 2002
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