A showdown is shaping up in some of the nation’s most conservative states over embryonic stem-cell research, as opponents draw language and tactics from the battle over abortion to counter President Obama’s plan to ease research restrictions.
Legislation granting fertilized embryos “personhood” has gained momentum in at least three state legislatures. The strategy – which has been used to try to undermine the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion – is now aimed at embryonic stem-cell research. The scientific field uses stem cells from human embryos, which can develop into different kinds of adult cells, to seek answers about human health.
Opposition to both abortion and stem-cell research hinges on the same issue: When does life begin? Embryonic stem-cell research has become the latest front in this decades-old battle.
Watch Zo at Macho Sauce Productions ( http://www.machosauceproductions.com/ ) (You Tube video here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84u8SEdk09w ) for his take. The video is only around 4 minutes and in the last half he addresses the issue of embryonic stem cell research. Worth the watch!
Many of the “embryonic stem cells” are actual fetal stem cells.
This should have been a state issue before the Supreme Court arrogated its decision on the country as a whole. This is yet another attempt to arrogate away from the states the powers that are constitutionally theirs.