Posted on 07/26/2006 3:55:47 PM PDT by wagglebee
They have been doing ESC research for years. They have several existing lines that are qualified for federal funding. (They claim there are not enough) Bush allowed them to be used because the embryo had already been destroyed.
There is much more to ESC than cloning. I have researched the issue. There are far too many scientists and doctors who see value in this type of treatment to discount the potential benefit. There are many therapies and medications that did not look promising at the beginning, but ended up very beneficial in treatment. Focusing on the lack of documented benefit, is ignoring the real issue.
Even if there was a benefit, taking an innocent life is not acceptable.
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