I admire your stalwartness... but must point out that throwing away things or knowledge simply because they are the product of sick people is meaningless and wasteful.
But bear in mind the atomic bomb was a product of Nazi research... should Truman have turned down the technology on the basis that it was the product of a mass-murdering regime? Should Truman have then opted to invade Japan rather than drop the bombs? Should we tear up our interstate highways because Hitler was the guy behind the idea of an autobahn, and Eisenhower admired the idea if not the man?
Should we eliminate the use of medical research that had its roots in WW2 Nazi experiments? If so, are you sure you have never benefitted from such research? After all, many have already, even unknowingly. Should the research simply be forgotten or shredded, because its origins were vile, even though innocent people are benefitting from it?
Assume for a moment that you are some cave man and some guys are about to kill your entire family, and all you have to stop them is a femur bone left over from a child murdered by thugs years before. Is it OK for you to pick up the bone and use it as a club? Must you stand by your ethics and refuse the weapon, trying to defend your family with your bare hands instead?
Should we then return our land to the Indians, or return to our roots overseas, because much of our land was stolen from the Indians?
Should we destroy historic plantation houses or require they be left to rot away because so many were built by slaves?
Should we throw away children who are the product of rape?
Is it immoral to live in a house where someone was murdered by criminals, or shall the property remain forever as it was on the day the owner died?
Is it truly ethical to throw away anything useful, whatever its origins?
I think not.
Granted, what should NOT be permitted is for those who conducted research on aborted human life illegally to profit from it. Their research should be turned over to others who followed the law. But to throw the research and material away is a shame and it will not bring anyone back to life, nor end the practice.
Is it truly ethical to throw away anything useful, whatever its origins?
Seen Fellowship of the Ring yet?
Seriously, though, we don't need fetal stem cells for any scientifically valid reason, and we sure don't need to be creating a demand for them by funding that research. Stem cells are available from umbilical chords, placentas, and other sources.
The Fetal Stem Cell lobby is lying, and it's for money and politics. They are far from the only game in town, and shutting them down won't close any doors to great discoveries in the future...
Other than on those scientists who've cast the lot of their careers with feticide.
