Stem Cell Research

I do not support a policy that uses your and my tax money to fund research that devalues the unborn and the potential for life in order to save or increase the quality of life for others. Life is a gift, and not only to those who have already taken their first breath.
I’m not here to make up your mind about embryonic stem cell research, but I do urge you to get the facts: (I’ll just give you the ones you need.)
Here‘s the text of the embryonic stem cell research bill that was passed in the House today yesterday. (This bill does not lift any ban or legalize any type of research. It says nothing about the types of research that can be performed or the source of the stem cells that can be used. What this bill does do is increase the area of federal funding with regards to embryonic stem cell research.)

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law…the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells…regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo.”

Here are the facts on the current policy

“The President?s policy places no obstacles in the path of private or state funding for stem cell research.”

You may want to refresh your memory on why and how Bush became the first President to provide government funding for stem cell research and to draw a line where government support should stop.

“Embryonic stem cell research is at the leading edge of a series of moral hazards.” “And while we must devote enormous energy to conquering disease, it is equally important that we pay attention to the moral concerns raised by the new frontier of human embryo stem cell research. Even the most noble ends do not justify any means.”

And just to clarify when people tell you about Bush’s ban on research here‘s a tirade on that precise subject

“We also don’t provide federal funding for abortion, does that mean we have BANNED ABORTION? We don’t provide federal funding for sex change operations, either. The federal government also refuses to fund decorative lawn gnomes, cross-stitch patterns, or high colonics for people who are full of [PRAISE THE LORD],”