August 09, 2004

Kerry Edwards on Stem Cells

Today, Sen. John Edwards said it was "a sad day" because it was the anniversary of President Bush's decision to limit federal funding on embryonic stem cells. Edwards said the decision "put restrictions in place that dramatically undermine our efforts to find cures for diseases." Maybe, maybe not. But one way for sure to find cures for disease is for science to begin unlimited, coerced human testing. If doctors and scientists had free reign to do any studies on any type of human being I'm pretty confident extraordinary cures would be discovered. We don't allow that to happen in the U.S. because we believe the ends don't justify the means. Turning people into medical slaves to benefit the rest of humanity doesn't outweigh violating basic human rights.

To those of us who believe human life begins at conception, embryonic stem cell research that kills the embryo is akin to coerced medical study. This debate isn't about one side opposing research that might cure disease and the other side championing medical miracles.

And sorry Glenn, but John Kerry isn't right. In America we don't sacrifice some for the common good.

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