Posted on 02/02/2009 7:07:22 PM PST by STARWISE
...not necessarily. Federal funding can be used for lines derived prior to 2001.
A better approach than President Bush's might have been to keep up with the science and support the techniques (that were developed later) that don't require fetus destruction. By the Administration being so rigid and dogmatic instead of reality-based, more embryos have been killed in private and overseas research.
This is a big winner issue for Obama. The Bush Administration's mishandling of this issue has alienated a lot of Americans. Many wonder why federal funds couldn't be used for research that doesn't destroy any fetus, yet has the potential of saving lives and alleviating suffering.
Yes they do
All of the embryos are destroyed once the stem cells are harvested.
Why does it actually have to act on that coding before you classify it as human?If genetic coding were sufficient, cancer cells would be human.
Anyone sane and educated realizes that we have progressed best when following multiple lines of research.
E.g., why did we research optical storage, when magnetic showed such promise?
So which organ is good enough? I really want people to consider this.
How about not justifying this as acceptable because it is just a clump of cells and admitting that you are willing to experiment on human life and accept the consequences of your behavior.
When it is justified as acceptable because it is just a clump of cells, it speaks volumes in comparison to other justifications for tragedies in human history.
If a blastocyst is “a human” and not just “human,” why aren’t those cells being injected into someone else “a human,” too?
It's like the protectionist ostriches who seem to think we can (and should) control everyone else. Leftism under a "conservative" nameplate.
So which organ is good enough? I really want people to consider this. How about not justifying this as acceptable because it is just a clump of cells and admitting that you are willing to experiment on human life and accept the consequences of your behavior. When it is justified as acceptable because it is just a clump of cells, it speaks volumes in comparison to other justifications for tragedies in human history.What is the objective test for humanity?
If a blastocyst is a human and not just human, why arent those cells being injected into someone else a human, too?How can they not be a human?
IOW, if the public ever turns against this idea in sufficient numbers, O could blame Congress.
“Many wonder why federal funds couldn’t be used for research that doesn’t destroy any fetus, yet has the potential of saving lives and alleviating suffering.”
I also think some of the frustration is a lack of consistency in this policy. GWB put limitations on stem cell research funding, yet there are many other types of research, such as fertility treatments, that still qualify for federal funding. This research routinely destroys embryos as well.
IVF clinics routinely destroy embryos in large numbers. Thousands a day are simply washed down the drain, or frozen indefinately. Yet, we rarely hear of efforts to change policies and procedures used in the assisted reproduction processes.
Nope. Good guess, though.
That's the way it was in the past...but not now. First of all, as was pointed out, once the initial harvesting, there are no more embryos destroyed, but now, the blastocyst is unharmed.
Klimanskaya I, Chung Y, Becker S, Lu SJ, Lanza R. (2006). "Human embryonic stem cell lines derived from single blastomeres". Nature 444 (7118): 4815. PMID 16929302 doi:10.1038/nature05142
The current attack on embryonic stem cell research is all a sham. It uses problems of the past to fool people into coughing up $, at the cost of compassion for the suffering.
Besides, many, many, many embryos are destroyed anyway (IVF)...it's a shame that no good can come from that loss.
They want to use Maruta and assist clients as the same time. It’s the liberal idea of killing two birds with one stone.
Banzai!
on stem cells?
Acutally, GWB opened up federal funding for stem cell research where funding had not existed before, including embryonic stem cell research.
who is experimenting on embryos?
Is every drop of blood you shed a separate human?
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