Comments on: How Much Do You Know About Stem Cell Research? http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1220/how-much-do-you-know-about-stem-cell-research/ Weblog of the Pro-Life Action League's Youth Outreach Division Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Michael-2 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1220/how-much-do-you-know-about-stem-cell-research/#comment-22924 Michael-2 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:59:41 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/2006/1220/how-much-do-you-know-about-stem-cell-research/#comment-22924 The hype, hubris, fraud, and demogogy coming from some of the supporters of embryonic stem cell research and cloning is nothing less than astounding. The sales pitch is like some "snake oil" traveling salesman who claims to be able to cure anything; 'we just have to deal with some anti-science prudes and reactionaries'. Most people, including myself are not against any and all research on embryonic stem cells. But we are not to make this some utopian agenda demanding a collective public funding and we think there should be a sense of ethics as we go forward. Basically I think human cloning is a bad idea, but it may also be an almost unattainable feat to clone a human embryo. The research with embryonic stem cells can be a useful base for comparison and developing unifying information with adult and umbilical cord stem cells. But this kind of research is not to be advocated for some social engineering or political agenda. Basically the public is getting suspecious of embryonic stem cell research. http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0701/articles/condic.html http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10652 http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525945/ The hype, hubris, fraud, and demogogy coming from some of the supporters of embryonic stem cell research and cloning is nothing less than astounding. The sales pitch is like some “snake oil” traveling salesman who claims to be able to cure anything; ‘we just have to deal with some anti-science prudes and reactionaries’.

Most people, including myself are not against any and all research on embryonic stem cells. But we are not to make this some utopian agenda demanding a collective public funding and we think there should be a sense of ethics as we go forward.

Basically I think human cloning is a bad idea, but it may also be an almost unattainable feat to clone a human embryo.

The research with embryonic stem cells can be a useful base for comparison and developing unifying information with adult and umbilical cord stem cells. But this kind of research is not to be advocated for some social engineering or political agenda. Basically the public is getting suspecious of embryonic stem cell research.

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0701/articles/condic.html

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10652

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/525945/

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