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Jim Lubin wrote:
Blane,The difference is that "blocking" would be mean that they can not be used at all. The left-over embryos from IVF can be used by researcher as long as they are not using federal funds. Private funding and State funding is allowed. The state of California is funding $6 Billion for embryonic stem cell research alone.
I've never thought of myself as part of the "Christian Right" as you say (I am a Roman Catholic) but agree with president Bush on this and I will explain way.
I do belive that a human egg and human sperm make a human being from the time they are joined, from that point the zygote contains all the 46 chromosomes need to be human. It's called an embryo after about 10 days. Being a human, it is entitled to protection to life from the Government. Therefore, the Government should not be funding the destruction of life for the purpose of research.
Now your opinion of when a human is a human and entitled to protection obviously differs from mine and president Bush.
I'm against IVF treatments as well because it creates extra embryos in the process.
As for using those extra embryos in research for the possible benefit of others, just because they are going to be destroyed anyway, following that reasoning, here's my problem with that. A person with a traumatic brain injury or in a coma being kept alive on ventilator will never be completely healed and will die without the life-support, so why not harvest their body parts to improve someone else's life? I see both equally wrong.
At 06:48 PM 7/19/2006, Blane N Beckwith wrote:
Russ,What the Hell is the difference? Isn't vetoing a bill that allows left-over embryos from invitrofertilization <sp?> to be used for conducting stem cell research thats end result may be effective treatment for a variety of medical conditions, in essence "blocking" research? Perhaps "interfering with", "hampering", "interupting", or "impeding" may be more accurate terms.
Anyway, aren't we splitting hairs here? The basic thrust of this topic seems to be another attempt by the Christian right (read Reich) who GW Bush represents, to impose their "values" on the rest of us, irregardless of who it hurts or impacts.
Blane N. Beckwith
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:10:26 -0500 "Russ H. Drangeid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes:
- That's an important point to make. President Bush is making a decision not to allow use of stem cells from human embryos. He is not blocking research.
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- I just see the bush administration blocking stem cell research thats all.
- Nigel, President Bush is not blocking stem cell research. He is not allowing US Government funding of stem cells derived from human embryos. The US Gov't is already funding stem cell research with adult stem cells. Private funding and several US states are funding embryonic stem cell research.
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