Friday, February 11, 2005
Stem Cells
National Review has an article regarding embryonic-stem-cell-research and Governor Mitt Romney today.
I have no idea what to think about this issue. Except that the issue is going to be vital to how we see ourselves. The Right understands this. To K-Lo at NRO it is an issue about life and how we respect it. But the left avoids the discussion about whether life is involved at all. They go straight for the emotional "we want to save lives" argument.
Presumably, we could experiment on live adults and learn things that would save lives. Maybe we could save many more lives then would be lost in experimentation. Is this abhorrent? Sure, we would all agree on the basic right of an individual to live. Does that right influence our view of embryonic-stem-cell-research? Maybe, but the Left cannot ask fundamental questions about abortion. They fear the outcome.
Which reminds of what Peter Singer once said. He believes that a parent should be able to "abort" a child after birth up until the point that the child's brain functions enough to feel pain ( I think he estimated that time at about 6 months.) At least Singer addresses the idea of life. What he said that was so interesting was that only he and the Pope are intellectualy honest on this issue. And you know he is almost right.
I have no idea what to think about this issue. Except that the issue is going to be vital to how we see ourselves. The Right understands this. To K-Lo at NRO it is an issue about life and how we respect it. But the left avoids the discussion about whether life is involved at all. They go straight for the emotional "we want to save lives" argument.
Presumably, we could experiment on live adults and learn things that would save lives. Maybe we could save many more lives then would be lost in experimentation. Is this abhorrent? Sure, we would all agree on the basic right of an individual to live. Does that right influence our view of embryonic-stem-cell-research? Maybe, but the Left cannot ask fundamental questions about abortion. They fear the outcome.
Which reminds of what Peter Singer once said. He believes that a parent should be able to "abort" a child after birth up until the point that the child's brain functions enough to feel pain ( I think he estimated that time at about 6 months.) At least Singer addresses the idea of life. What he said that was so interesting was that only he and the Pope are intellectualy honest on this issue. And you know he is almost right.
