How unfortunate that we have a president coming out against cloning regardless of any consideration for improving the health of our citizens (news article, April 11).

It is obvious that Mr. Bush lives in a vacuum isolated from the realities of the real world.

Healthy loved ones, especially children, make it easy to ignore the personal tragedies of others. Watching your children suffer without the ability to help them is the worst experience that a parent can endure.

The ability to relieve the suffering of millions of human beings should receive the highest priority. Cloning stem cells for medical benefit is the right thing to do.