Obama overturns stem cell ban

[Anonymous]

I am on the fence on this issue--the reality is that USA never stopped research using embryos in the private sector where most research and development happens and now that I have children and am more aware of just what an embryo is, I am a bit uncomfortable and can't pretend that it isn't life. I also notice that there has been recent developments in science where using fetal embryos isn't necessary so the lifting of the ban is really grandstanding to the left.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you hadn't noticed, but science keeps people alive occasionally. A cursory Web search is rife with examples, if you're still skeptical.

I think you are being deliberately obtuse. It is pretty clear that the post (which was not mine, by the way) meant to express support for scienific research that isn't tained by pro-life agendas.

Let's hope the teaching inteligent design is the next thing on its way out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this issue--the reality is that USA never stopped research using embryos in the private sector where most research and development happens and now that I have children and am more aware of just what an embryo is, I am a bit uncomfortable and can't pretend that it isn't life. I also notice that there has been recent developments in science where using fetal embryos isn't necessary so the lifting of the ban is really grandstanding to the left.

Getting freezer burn in a test tube isn't life, either. Unless a couple undergoing IVF implants every embryo created, it's the worst kind of selfishness to allow them to expire before letting them be used for research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this issue--the reality is that USA never stopped research using embryos in the private sector where most research and development happens and now that I have children and am more aware of just what an embryo is, I am a bit uncomfortable and can't pretend that it isn't life. I also notice that there has been recent developments in science where using fetal embryos isn't necessary so the lifting of the ban is really grandstanding to the left.

While I respect your personal position on what an embryo is and acknowledge that it is a serious topic that each of us must consider, I have to disagree on the recent developments part. There was a promising paper about converting adult stem cells to embryonic state. But it's going to take years to make this useful, and there are many unknowns yet. It is premature to bank on this direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this issue--the reality is that USA never stopped research using embryos in the private sector where most research and development happens and now that I have children and am more aware of just what an embryo is, I am a bit uncomfortable and can't pretend that it isn't life. I also notice that there has been recent developments in science where using fetal embryos isn't necessary so the lifting of the ban is really grandstanding to the left.

Getting freezer burn in a test tube isn't life, either. Unless a couple undergoing IVF implants every embryo created, it's the worst kind of selfishness to allow them to expire before letting them be used for research.

Wow, how calous. I cannot believe my eyes. Have you gone through IVF to be able to speak to this? If not, please, refrain from comments like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the fence on this issue--the reality is that USA never stopped research using embryos in the private sector where most research and development happens and now that I have children and am more aware of just what an embryo is, I am a bit uncomfortable and can't pretend that it isn't life. I also notice that there has been recent developments in science where using fetal embryos isn't necessary so the lifting of the ban is really grandstanding to the left.

Getting freezer burn in a test tube isn't life, either. Unless a couple undergoing IVF implants every embryo created, it's the worst kind of selfishness to allow them to expire before letting them be used for research.

Wow, how calous. I cannot believe my eyes. Have you gone through IVF to be able to speak to this? If not, please, refrain from comments like this.

Nice Ad Hominem attact there PP - a poster doesn't agree with your position, so you attack the poster "callous" "selfish" instead of their position.

And the title of this thread is a gross mis-statement. There never was a "stem cell ban", rather there was a freeze on Federal funding (from everyone's tax dollars, even those with strong moral convictions against the process) for research using new stem cell lines. But why be concerned with trivialities such as facts?

[Anonymous]

agreed but as usual most people really don't understand the nuances of the argument because the media refuses to tell the full story.