This paragraph sums up the ethical argument so well: "In its policy considerations, the NIH should reject “contingent personhood” theories that would grant or withhold moral status according to others’ judgments about capacities or usefulness. Such an approach subverts equality by empowering the strong to decide the fate of the weak." Matt Taibbi wrote about a recent NYT article with the headline Older Americans are Hoarding America's Potential. Thus we are giving new meaning to 'aged beef' but in a very dark dystopian way.
And this confidence about the humanity of the ensouled embryo surely has nothing whatever to do with your Christianity.
I followed this blog because you were occasionally offering clarity, and insight into medical science. I'm unfollowing because this is religious certitude masquerading as medical science.
(EDIT: somebody left a rather derogatory comment as a response to this that has since been removed—please do not use my skeptical/controversial remark as a springboard to launder ugly ad hominem! Aaron, if you're reading this, I was not trying to be disrespectful. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm sorry that I can't follow along anymore.)
My granddaughter, who began her dazzling life as an embryo, has recently learned to read: “A person’s a person, no matter how small”… (Dr. Seuss)
Life is a gift from God, not a commodity.
It would not be too strong a word, to describe the people who do research such as this, as inhuman...
Many of our vaccines use cell lines from aborted babies in their manufacture.
This paragraph sums up the ethical argument so well: "In its policy considerations, the NIH should reject “contingent personhood” theories that would grant or withhold moral status according to others’ judgments about capacities or usefulness. Such an approach subverts equality by empowering the strong to decide the fate of the weak." Matt Taibbi wrote about a recent NYT article with the headline Older Americans are Hoarding America's Potential. Thus we are giving new meaning to 'aged beef' but in a very dark dystopian way.
I've always thought if you can kill a baby for convenience' sake, how much easier to justify killing a crabby, sickly old person.
And this confidence about the humanity of the ensouled embryo surely has nothing whatever to do with your Christianity.
I followed this blog because you were occasionally offering clarity, and insight into medical science. I'm unfollowing because this is religious certitude masquerading as medical science.
(EDIT: somebody left a rather derogatory comment as a response to this that has since been removed—please do not use my skeptical/controversial remark as a springboard to launder ugly ad hominem! Aaron, if you're reading this, I was not trying to be disrespectful. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm sorry that I can't follow along anymore.)
Emcell is a treatment center in Ukraine that uses FETAL stem cells ( from~ 7 wk old fetus from abortions ) since ~ 1994 .