"But just as you do not want our morals pushed on you, the gov't has no right to force me to help fund what I see as murder."
I remember that argument from the '60s anti-war crowd.
I think the real question here is not if it's ok to use embryos, which are going to be destroyed anyway, for research purposes. My question is why are we allowing the embryos to be destroyed simply because the "parents" decide they don't have any more use for them? Frankly, I find that far more disgusting. I know that this is a little off the subject of government funding, but in many ways I see it as the root of the problem.
"why are we allowing the embryos to be destroyed simply because the "parents" decide they don't have any more use for them? Frankly, I find that far more disgusting. I know that this is a little off the subject of government funding, but in many ways I see it as the root of the problem."
It is indeed the source of the "problem", the fact that these extra embryos are created as part of the IVF process. I certainly haven't heard a peep about changing the laws to make IVF illegal or even to change the way it is done. No politician wants to look like he's against women who are TRYING to become mothers.