Missed saying this: What makes me uneasy, however, is the *creation* of embryos in a lab specifically for the purpose of creating and harvesting stem cells
what makes me uneasy is the creating of all those embryos for implantation.
I am not at all convinced that our overpopulated planet need us to spend millions of dollars helping people breed. That flies in the face of fate/nature/god to me.
And I am completely appalled that in this country no one ever speaks up against making all these *disposable* embryos. Just against using the ones that were going to be destroyed.
So, while I may not know for sure which side I'm on, I'm not on the fence. If one of these things is wrong, then they both are.
I am not at all convinced that our overpopulated planet need us to spend millions of dollars helping people breed. That flies in the face of fate/nature/god to me.
And I am completely appalled that in this country no one ever speaks up against making all these *disposable* embryos. Just against using the ones that were going to be destroyed.
That's one reason I really respect the position of the Catholic church in this area -- on grounds of natural law and respect for life, they opposed in vitro from the beginning, they oppose capital punishment, they oppose euthanasia, etc. It is, at least, a coherent position.
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Date: 2004-10-09 01:38 pm (UTC)What makes me uneasy, however, is the *creation* of embryos in a lab specifically for the purpose of creating and harvesting stem cells
what makes me uneasy is the creating of all those embryos for implantation.
I am not at all convinced that our overpopulated planet need us to spend millions of dollars helping people breed. That flies in the face of fate/nature/god to me.
And I am completely appalled that in this country no one ever speaks up against making all these *disposable* embryos. Just against using the ones that were going to be destroyed.
So, while I may not know for sure which side I'm on, I'm not on the fence. If one of these things is wrong, then they both are.
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Date: 2004-10-09 02:55 pm (UTC)And I am completely appalled that in this country no one ever speaks up against making all these *disposable* embryos. Just against using the ones that were going to be destroyed.
That's one reason I really respect the position of the Catholic church in this area -- on grounds of natural law and respect for life, they opposed in vitro from the beginning, they oppose capital punishment, they oppose euthanasia, etc. It is, at least, a coherent position.