March 9, 2009 President Obama, with a signature (you notice he is left handed in Latin, that's called "el sinistra") lifted the ban on embryonic stem cell research. He chose to expand Federal funding (yours and my tax dollar) for research involving the destruction of thousands of human embryos. This decision defies moral boundaries and natural law.
Almost every medical text book states human life begins at fertilization. If you don't believe that, then how do babies who are conceived in petri dishes and then implanted in someone's womb develop to birth? Using public funding to kill innocent unborn human life is criminal. It is a grave affront to human dignity and opens the door to further affronts to human dignity. The Nuremberg Trials, clearly stated that society should protect innocent human life. Just as in Nazi Germany it started with small beginnings.
Imagine our surprise that President Obama is expanding Federal funding at a time when our country is in a grave financial crisis. Looking at the issue from a purely financial point of view, it seems ludicrous. Why? Embryonic stem cell research has produced no results. In fact there is a study from Israel showing that treatments using embryonic stem cells caused cancerous tumors in patients. These results have been reported in the January issue of "Nature Biotechnology". It is simply wrong that money is being used for research that is both unethical and ineffective. Umbilical cord blood and adult stem cells have produced major cures. If research is worth it's salt we would be federally funding adult stem cell research. And the plot goes on.
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