Stem Cells?

Stem Cells
Kerry accuses the president of "making the wrong choice to sacrifice science for extreme right-wing ideology." That ideology Kerry accuses Bush to be extreme on is one that believes all human life is valuable and should be protected. It is interesting. Kerry, before he flip-flopped, stated that he believes human life begins at conception. Isn't that the position of the Catholic Church? Oh, that is right Kerry was just speaking what his fellow Catholics wanted to hear in order to gain their support.
The Bush position is one that provides limited federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research –about $25 million-, but has a full commitment to the more promising and ethical practice of adult stem-cell research. The federal government is spending $250 million on umbilical cord placenta, adult and animal stem cells which do not involve the same moral dilemma as an embryonic stem cell. Dictionary.com defines “embryonic” as “an organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.” If left alone to grow and expand as nature (God) intended it to, it will come out of a woman’s vagina as a baby in nine months. In nine months, it will be the summer, we will be sunning on the beach. An embryo right now will be born this summer. That is why I do not think it is right to wantonly destroy embryos.

John Kerry’s latest promise is for $100 million a year in funding in stem-cell research. We already spend $250 million, in addition to the $25 million on embryonic stem cells which is supposedly “banned.” The fact is, embryonic stem cell research IS NOT BANNED. Private companies looking to make a profit from cloning human embryos to do stem-cell research are not prevented from doing so. They just want the government’s money to do the research so they can make a fast profit from human embryos.

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