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-------Original Message-------   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:40:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Campaign to Defend Hope   The first 100 days of the new Congress are critical. Because the CRPF Action Network staunchly defends the promise and progress of medical research, we are ready to fight to protect the integrity of stem cell research and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT or therapeutic cloning). Legislation is expected to be introduced in these first 100 days that could criminalize SCNT, an important avenue of embryonic stem cell research. Our campaign has a single and simple goal--to allow research that may save lives. With your help, we will work diligently to stop passage of any attempts to criminalize or halt research. Here�s what we�re facing . . . Representative Dave Weldon (R-FL) is expected to re-introduce The Human Cloning Prohibition Act early this year. We must be prepared to educate Members of Congress and the public on why all forms of stem cell research, including adult, umbilical cord, embryonic and SCNT should move forward. The bill is expected to ban all forms of cloning, including SCNT. Weldon�s legislation criminalizes research--the very biomedical research that may provide the best hope to finding cures for Alzheimer�s disease, ALS, diabetes, various cancers, strokes, Parkinson�s disease, and spinal cord injuries. This is not about human cloning. Human reproductive cloning is unsafe and unethical. We have repeatedly called on Congress to enact a ban on human reproductive cloning. This is about hope, innovation, and imagination. SCNT�therapeutic cloning-- holds great promise to better understand disease and disease development, as well as translate to better treatments and ideally cures for millions of people living with deadly and debilitating diseases. Please join us in our campaign to defend hope: take action, spread the word, and help save and improve the lives of millions�let�s keep politics out of science. Take action now. Write your Members of Congress and ask them to proactively support upcoming legislation that would support hope and support scientific research. Urge Your Senators and Representative to Support Research! The Christopher Reeve Action Network We Must. We Can. We Will. Christopher Reeve hoped to live in a world where politics did not stand in the way of hope! He supported embryonic stem cell research and SCNT, not for his own benefit, but for the millions of Americans who could live better lives through the advancement of research. Have Questions? Click here for more information on stem cell and SCNT research. Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation 500 Morris Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081 (800) 225-0292 www.ChristopherReeve.org