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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-02-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110214.18.1-193-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-14-Speech-1-194-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marisa Matias2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Bloco de Esquerda (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-01-22)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I would also like to say that I feel that this issue is too important for us to continue to live the lie that we have been living in Europe. It is a lie or a false promise, whichever you want to call it, as we have been continuing to operate particularly in the area of stem cell collection from umbilical cords based on misleading information. As we well know and as has already been mentioned, in Europe, the collection of stem cells from umbilical cords barely reaches 1%. However, we also know that their potential for treating illnesses may be endless – illnesses such as those that have already been mentioned: cancer, Alzheimer’s and rare diseases. The possibilities are immense. However, what we have allowed to happen is that a series of private cell banks have been set up and parents have been told that they can store their children’s cells when they are born, which can then be used to treat them in the future if necessary. I think that we need to be much more responsible than this, as the probability of guaranteeing that this will happen is very low, as we all know. This false promise that is being sold to parents costs money. In Portugal, for example, this false promise costs three and a half times the minimum monthly wage. The solution, then, is clearly to create public stem cell banks, as it is only with public banks that we can guarantee equality of use, equality of access, effective medical treatment and more research that is equal for all and not just treating stem cells as some sort of commodity or a business which is expanding, but is only for the privileged few. I therefore feel that solidarity, common sense and impartial information are ultimately not things that can be classified as an extra demand. We do not have the power to impose, but we have the power to promote. This is within our capabilities, and I think that we need to do it in the name of equality."@en1
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