Germany seeks EU ban on stem-cell research funding

[mojavekid]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/wl_nm/science_eu_stemcells_dc

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany pressed its EU partners to ban European funding for embryonic stem-cell research, a day after President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have expanded such work in the United States.

"The European Union science programme should not be used to give financial incentives to kill embryos," German Research Minister Annette Schavan wrote in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday before a meeting on EU science funding on Monday.

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European countries have widely differing national laws, with Britain actively encouraging stem-cell research. Germany, with an aversion to genetic experimentation rooted partly in the legacy of Nazi abuses, effectively bans it.

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[soleft]

1. is that what that choke hold was all about?

[stop the bleeding]

2. I'm glad that I was not the only one who was thinking of that

;)

[C_U_L8R]

3. Choke hold?

That was an implant.

She's on Rover's remote control now

[redqueen]

4. they don't do IVF over there?

do they think trashing the unwated embryos is less murderous than using them for research?

this just doesn't make sense...

[VegasWolf]

5. The rest of the EU will never go along. Germany still to timid about its

past eugenics programs.

[mojavekid]

6. I agree,

and secretly,

Bush must be torn between his Nazi desire and his money fix provided by his Pro-Life Zombi pushers/supporters.

[rodeodance]

7. the specter of the Nazi experiments still hold sway in Germany.