Letter to the Pres, from Bob, the stem cell

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

Here we go...



If you want to get to the core, then you have to consider whether they constitute life or not. If they are not life, then using them for research doesn't go against the very core of modern medicine and modern science. If they are life,then using them for research does.

And, if they are life, then parental authorization is irrelevant: We don't let parents offer to kill their offspring at other stages of development (for any reason), so we shouldn't here either.



Lastly, if you are so concerned about the "topic presented" then maybe you should consider what Bush actually vetoed. He veoted a bill that provided FEDERAL FUNDING of embryonic stem cell research. It certainly wasn't a bill simply allowing private stem cell research to continue.

So, B, are you yourself opposed to fertility clinics, then? Seeing as how they create thousands and thousands of "lives" (since you believe life begins at conception) that are then discarded?

And Bush didn't veto a bill providing for federal funding of stem cell research (as Danzig pointed out)- he vetoed a bill that would have loosened federal restrictions on what kinds of stem cells (i.e., stem cells from new lines) could be used.

Again, what I have not had answered to my satisfaction, fascinating though this thread has been, is why it's okay for fertility clinics to create and then dispose of thousands and thousands of embryos, and yet not okay for those embryos to be donated to medical research. Can you explain to me how one can be morally acceptable and not the other?

Again, these are not embryos being created for the express purpose of medical research- these are embryos that are going to be tossed into the medical waste heap.