Just because the federal gov't is funding research on those 60 lines, can't the private sector continue to experiment on embryos and create new lines, with private funding? Then what happens if new and better lines are created from these private funds, do they just get ignored?
I agree 100%... I am a conservative but I could not ignore my feelings about science and technology to think this issue is ethically wrong. The real moral issue lies in abortion itself. As long as women can still have embryos withdrawn from their wombs, those embryos should be allowed for research to develop even more stem cell lines, instead of tossed in the wastebasket.
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Just because the federal gov't is funding research on those 60 lines, can't the private sector continue to experiment on embryos and create new lines, with private funding? Then what happens if new and better lines are created from these private funds, do they just get ignored?
I agree 100%... I am a conservative but I could not ignore my feelings about science and technology to think this issue is ethically wrong. The real moral issue lies in abortion itself. As long as women can still have embryos withdrawn from their wombs, those embryos should be allowed for research to develop even more stem cell lines, instead of tossed in the wastebasket.