At which point does that clump of cells, that genetically contains everything required to for a new human life, cross the barrier and become protected human life?
I am not denying the need for research and making sure we know what is out there, what is available to us. But the argument you make about embryos being a clump of cells is the same argument pro-choice people make about an abortion... it is just a clump of cells, it isn’t really a human.
So, the ethical argument that President Bush addressed is allowing lines already in existence to get federal funding, but limiting new lines. He did an admirable job in addressing this.
Although, I am all for no federal funding for research. If you let people and companies keep their own money, taxpayer funding wouldn’t be a question for presidents lawmakers to address. Which is exactly what this company did.
And for all of you naysayers out there saying this is something that would not have happened under President Bush, research a bit more. Not in this article that I could quickly find is the fact that the line that this company is using was qualified for federal funding, but the company never sought federal funding for the research or the human trials.
Obama said that he didn't know when life begins.
Can you be "a little bit pregnant"?
It is life. Barack Obama denies it. He is unwilling to call a baby born alive a baby or LIVE.
He's a monster.
At which point does that clump of cells, that genetically contains everything required to for a new human life, cross the barrier and become protected human life?Presumably when it organizes into organs.