Because many people believe that human life begins at conception.
Therefore, killing a fetus for its cells is indistinguishible from killing a three-year-old child for its cells.
These same people hold that the ends cannot morally justify the means, no matter how noble the ends may be.
*That* is the ethic at work. No one objects to the use of stem cells for treating diseases. The objection is the source of those cells and the methods for obtaining them.
Incidentally, stem cells can be obtained from umbilical cord blood donations. We have done this twice, and it is a wonderful way to advance the cause of the research in an ethical, moral way.
More information on cord-blood donation can be found here:
Many hospitals are now equipped with the necessary collection kits; BFL will send you all the paperwork and materials if they are not. I urge everyone to take a look at BFL and pass the information around to folks who can use it.
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...you must think in Russian.
I've heard the same about the lightning rod, which was a pretty big deal back then.
Because many people believe that human life begins at conception.
Therefore, killing a fetus for its cells is indistinguishible from killing a three-year-old child for its cells.
These same people hold that the ends cannot morally justify the means, no matter how noble the ends may be.
*That* is the ethic at work. No one objects to the use of stem cells for treating diseases. The objection is the source of those cells and the methods for obtaining them.
Incidentally, stem cells can be obtained from umbilical cord blood donations. We have done this twice, and it is a wonderful way to advance the cause of the research in an ethical, moral way.
More information on cord-blood donation can be found here:
http://www.babiesforlife.org/index2.asp
Many hospitals are now equipped with the necessary collection kits; BFL will send you all the paperwork and materials if they are not. I urge everyone to take a look at BFL and pass the information around to folks who can use it.
Regards,
JQ
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