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U.N. Delays Debate on Cloning
hedpe2003 writes "'The General Assembly on Tuesday ducked for a year a polarizing debate over human cloning that has set the Bush administration against some allies like Britain and much of the world's scientific community.
All 191 United Nations members agree on a treaty to prohibit cloning human beings, but they are divided over whether to extend such a ban to stem cell and other research known as therapeutic cloning.
Opponents say total prohibition would block research on cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, spinal cord injuries and other conditions. The White House says that enough stem cells from human embryos exist for research and that cloning an embryo for any reason is unethical.
United States was happy to go along with the one-year consensus but would not alter its stance. 'We will continue to work for a total ban,' he said.'
I was just wondering what everyone thought about this. To tell the truth, I didn't know that the US was pushing so hard to ban stem cell research all together."
That happens to be your belief. My belief is that your religion is unethical and your beliefs are unfounded superstitions.
In a democracy, we settle those differences through voting. We seem to have settled it so far in favor of therapeutic cloning and legalized abortions. Sorry if you don't like that, but your legal options are limited to deciding what you do with your own body.
The question is whether nuts like you will accept that middle ground and accept the tenets of our democracy. Or will we see more Christian terrorism, bombing stem cell research labs in addition to woman's health clinics?