Now Cerek, supporting a woman's legal choice to have an abortion is not the same as supporting abortion. There is a big difference between "I think you should have a choice to do this" and "I think you should do this."
It is also erroneous to state that Kerry favors the destrustion of life withoutany restrictions. Thats just unfair and inaacurate.
full quote from the debate:
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Bush allows the destruction of life up to a certain amount
BUSH: Embryonic stem cell research requires the destruction of life. I'm the first president ever to allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. I did so because I, too, hope that we'll discover cures from the stem cells. But we've got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science. And so I made the decision we wouldn't spend any more money beyond the 70 lines, 22 of which are now in action, because science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life.
KERRY: Bush says he's allowed it, which means he's going to allow the destruction of life up to a certain amount, and then he isn't going to allow it. But let me tell you point blank, the lines of stem cells that he's made available, every scientist in the country will tell you, not adequate, because they're contaminated by mouse cells, and because there aren't 60 or 70; there are only about 11 to 20 now, and there aren't enough to be able to do the research because they're contaminated.
Source: [Xref Bush] Second Bush-Kerry Debate, in St. Louis MO Oct 8, 2004
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