ABC News Stem Cell Veto

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ABC-Stem Cell Veto

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  ♧ veto : 거부권

  ♧ stem cell : n. 줄기세포

  ♧ embryonic : a. 배(胚), 태아의  ◇ embryo : n. 태아, 배(胚)

  ♧ defy : v. 도전하다, 반항하다, 무시하다

  ♧ legislation : n. 입법, 입법제정

  ♧ fertility : n. 다산, 출산

  ♧ Parkinson's (disease) : n. 파킨슨병

  ♧ passionate : a. 강열한, 열정적인

  ♧ invoke : v. 호소하다, 간청하다

  ♧ silence : v. 침묵시키다, 억누르다, 가라앉히다

  ♧ executive order : n. 대통령령, 행정명령

  ♧ emiatic fluid : n. 혈액

  ♧ be around : v. 있다, 존재하다

  Good evening. President Bush today used his veto pen today. He doesn't use it often, but when he does, more likely than not, it has involved stem cell research. In this instance, the president vetoed the measure that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Mr. Bush's saying it would force tax payers to pay for the destruction of human embryos. There were plenty of voices in the medical community today in disagreement with the President. We start our coverage at the White House with ABC's Martha Raddatz. Martha?

  Charlie, to show you how strongly the President feels about this issue, he has only used his veto power three times - twice to stop funding embryonic stem cell research.

  Despite the fact that most Americans support it, Mr. Bush again today defied Congress embryonic stem cell research.

  "I made it clear to Congress and to the American people that I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line."

  The legislation would have allowed federal funding to study frozen embryos from fertility clinics, embryos that already set to be destroyed. The bill was top priority for Democrats who were swift to criticize the President's decision today.

  "This is just one example of how the President puts ideology before science, politics before the needs of our families."

  Michael J. Fox, a Parkinson's sufferer, who has been a passionate advocate for embryonic stem cell research, today expressed deep disappointment, saying, "it's a sad day for our country when our President invokes his personal belief on legislation that would provide cures and hope for millions of Americans."

  In a clear effort to silence some of his critics, Mr. Bush followed today's veto with an executive order encouraging other forms of stem cell research in which cells could be taken not from living embryos but from emiatic fluid, skin or embryos already declared dead.

  "Researchers are investigating how to combine reprogramming and other innovative techniques, uh, to produce stem cells with the abilities of embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos."

  Critics say this type of research has been around for a long time. There is nothing new here. What is really needed is more concentration on the promising embryonic stem cell research. Charlie?