OK...first there was the bricklayer commercial that showed a man shoveling money out of a State of Michigan shaped pile. A group known as MI-CAUSE tried telling voters that Proposal 2 would cost my dear beleagured state millions, if not billions. This was shot down by savvy viewers and the Detroit Newspapers because NO WHERE in Proposal 2 does it allocate funding or promise to do so.
Now we are seeing ads that state, implicitly and explicitly, that Proposal 2 will open the door to human cloning and the production of embryos for scientific research. It also suggests that withing 3 years - the scientists in our fair state will be allowed to make and buy embryos just to do anything they want to them. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH!
Proposal 2 does one thing - it allows for extra embryos that are created during fertility treatments to be DONATED by the mother so they can be used for embryonic stem cell research. It does NOT allocate money. It does NOT allow cloning. It does not allow for the creation of embryos for the purpose of research. In fact - it restates the cloning ban that is already in effect. It also has VERY strict rules for which embryos will be allowed to be donated.
This bill is critical for reasons both financial and medically. Please VOTE YES on Proposal 2!!!!
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