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Originally posted by bilmore
Is it a mistake for Bush to have cut off federal funding for certain kinds of stem cell research? Yeah, maybe, but it’s not a big deal.
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You should go research this one before you incorporate it into your mantra. Prior to Bush allowing federal funding for research on certain lines of
embryonic stem cells, $0 federal dollars had been spent for embryonic stem cell research. I don't see how you can characterize that as Bush cutting off federal funding. Bush took $0 of funding and allowed funding for embryonic stem cell lines already in existence. He didn't cut off federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. He started it. Prior to Bush's presidency, not a dime of federal money had ever funded embryonic stem cell research.
Also, be clear in your mantra. It is
embryonic stem cell research we are talking about. The kind where you purposefully create a human life and then terminate it harvest the cells for research. There are no restrictions on adult stem cell research. So don't say stem cell research in your mantra. Be clear. It is embryonic stem cell research and Bush was the first president under which even a dime of federal funds was spent on embryonic stem cell research.
Also before you put that one in your mantra, could you 'splain to me the moral difference between accidentally creating a human life by having unprotected sex and then ending the life vs. purposefully creating a human life for the one and only purpose of terminating it to harvest the cells for experiments.
