Bill Frist actually had the gall to say, "Shame on you, Mr. Kerry," at the Convention, because Kerry suggested that the Administration had banned some stem cell research.
Here are George Bush's own words:
I have concluded that we should allow federal funds to be used for research on these existing stem cell lines, where the life and death decision has already been made.
Leading scientists tell me research on these 60 lines has great promise that could lead to breakthrough therapies and cures. This allows us to explore the promise and potential of stem cell research without crossing a fundamental moral line, by providing taxpayer funding that would sanction or encourage further destruction of human embryos that have at least the potential for life.
Doesn't this make it plain that the Federal Government will not fund embryonic stem cell research and will restrict any funding of adult stem cell research to those lines already in existence? IS THAT NOT A BAN?
SHAME ON YOU, SENATOR FRIST!
(The quote in the photo is unrelated to the Convention, but is apparently taken from his autobiography.)