STOP MARCH OF DIMES' ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION!!

Animal studies can be dangerous and put babies at risk. The antibiotic streptomycin was tested on dogs, guinea pigs, and pigs and deemed "safe" for people. But infants who were given the drug suffered brain damage, went deaf or blind, or died. Experimenters funded by the March of Dimes have: *sewn shut newborn kittens' eyes, then killed them after they had endured a year of blindness. *removed fetal kittens from the uterus, implanted pumps into their backs to inject a drug that destroys nerves, then re-implanted the fetuses in the uterus. After the kittens were born, they were killed and studied. *implanted electric pumps into the backs of pregnant rats to inject nicotine, even though the dangers of cigarette smoking to human babies is already known. *destroyed the ear drums of unborn lambs, then killed the mother sheep and lambs just before birth to examine the brains. Despite these experiments, the Centers for Disease Control reports that birth defects are occurring more often. Of 38 birth defects studied over a 10-year period, an astounding 27 have increased in frequency, nine occur at the same rate, and only two have decreased in frequency. Human-based research identified: *the dangers of thalidomide, a drug that resulted in severe physical deformities; animal studies had shown thalidomide to be safe. *The disastrous effects of lead, methyl mercury, and alcohol on developing fetuses. Animal studies can be dangerous and put babies at risk. The antibiotic streptomycin was tested on dogs, guinea pigs, and pigs and deemed "safe" for people. But infants who were given the drug suffered brain damage, went deaf or blind, or died. Please try to help save these defenseless animals..