Joe Cunningham: “most of my colleagues that support this bill are from the pro-choice field. I come at it from the pro-life section. A…”

“most of my colleagues that support this bill are from the pro-choice field. I come at it from the pro-life section. A lot of times I disagree with my colleagues because I think in some cases they would go further, and a fact that many people will not take under their wing is that many of these stem cells are going to be thrown away, either cryogenically they deteriorate and they throw them away, or a woman says ``I don't want to keep them for 1,000 years'' and they discard them. They literally throw them in the toilet. Now we can save life. They say there is no good to be done. Animal studies have shown that work with the spinal cord, heart and others have been successful. We have not done it on humans. If you take a look at some of the blood diseases with bone marrow used, that is stem cell. And we have hope in the future. I met a young man that had AIDS at NIH, and he only thought about dying. He said, ``Duke, all I need is hope to survive.'' This gives that hope, and I think it has promise. Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett).”