Michael J Fox Blasts Bush Stem Cell Veto

22-07-2006 09:11

Actor Michael J Fox has slammed US President George W Bush's decision to veto government funding of pioneering studies into stem cell research.On Wednesday 19th July 2006, Bush used his power of veto for the first time since he came to power in January 2001.And Back To The Future star Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's Disease, is outraged Bush went against American public opinion that scientists should be allowed to try and find the cure for many diseases using the cells from nearly 400,000 embryos currently in storage. He says, "I regret the loss of five years when real progress could have been made, and I find it frustrating that the president would use his first veto of his time in office to thwart this research. It just seems a shame to me."I am respectful of those who oppose this research and their reasoning for it but they do represent a minority."I think that to make a choice to protect millions of cells that are going to be destroyed over protecting millions of living and soon-to-be living human beings and citizens of this country... it's hard to get around that."I figure you have to trust the American people, our scientists, our institutions, our facilities, to really do the right thing and lead the way with this.