Comments on: Congress: Fix this dumb stem cell ruling

By: McPherson Moose

McPherson Moose — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:26:49 +0000

Blocking federal funding for stem cell research is a preposterous notion at this time. Since this is a study that could possibly lead to some of the largest medical advances of all time there we cannot afford to block it. I understand that it is a very controversial study,dealing with aborted fetuses, but once they have been aborted I see no reason why this research can hurt anyone. Obviously I am not supporting abortion solely for research,I just feel that if the abortion had already been performed, then we might as well try to turn the negative into a positive. I recognize that this may sound gruesome to people but to put this into perspective, before you call me a â??baby killerâ?, consider this: if you do not let people experiment on these fetuses that have already been chosen not to live, you can in turn be killing someone who is sick and needs an operation that is only possible through stem cell research.

By: itzac

itzac — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:11:40 +0000

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2013287,00.html

The Time article lays it all out pretty well. Lamberth is a partisan hack.

By: itzac

itzac — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:58:13 +0000

I’m having a hard time understanding the details of this case. It seems Sherley and Deisher are complaining that increasing the availability of research funds for ESC research creates more competition and makes it harder for them to get funding. That’s trivially true, but doesn’t restricting the funds create the same problem for ESC researchers?