I Beg Your Pardon

Mr. President, but you’re mixing ideology with science yourself. Using human life and discarding it in the laboratory is always a moral or ideological decision. At this point, no promising applications of embryonic stem cell research have actually been made. There has been a lot of hype, but I have not heard of any experiments that showed potential. If there were a lot of promise in them, medical companies all over the world would be eagerly plowing money into the research. The people who back embryonic stem cell research and demand tax dollars to fund it are the same people who show disregard for the sanctity of life in other areas.

On the other hand, research from adult stem cell research has shown amazing results, primarily because adult stem cells have a built in immunity that embryonic stem cells do not have. Scientists have been able to harvest and use stem cells from umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, and even skin without destroying human life in the process. This research has shown potential or real cures in at least 73 areas from cancers to spinal cord injuries. And, would someone please inform poor Michael J. Fox that they’ve even helped Parkinson’s disease. (For more information, go to Stem Cell Research Cures.)

For the record, embryonic stem cell research has never been forbidden in the United States. Scientists have been free to pursue their experiments by using the stem cell lines approved by President Bush, as long as some private entity funded the research, not reluctant taxpayers.

PS: Apparently even the Wall St. Journal has also published a rebuttal to Obama’s pronouncement yesterday. They must have read my mind. ;-)

On another front, today the Canada Free Press has taken up my battle for States Rights and against the proposed Connecticut legislation regarding Catholic bishops. I didn’t even know they were reading my blog. ;-)