Stem Cells: An Unripe Harvest

The source article for this post was published by the Institute of Creation Research

I doubt that there are many (if any) among my readers that would agree with the following statement: Ending human life is NOT wrong. This is no unreasonable assumption; the human animal is wired to look after its own, and safeguard others of its species. This instinct is (in most) intensified when applied to the protection of children at any age, from infancy to the cusp of adulthood. Why, then, does it seem to be entirely absent from the debate about Stem Cell Research? It is a well known fact that Stem Cells come from the embryo of a specific species: MAN. This “Miracle Cure” is harvested from unborn human beings, with little regard to the sanctity God gave to all of His creatures. There is no excuse to end a human life, which is what scientists want to do when they research Stem Cell treatments, although they emphasize the “breakthrough” they would make if they could; however, embryonic Stem Cells have “no real prospect of therapeutic uses of [Geron’s] embryonic stem cells.” (Professor Robert George, Princton University). What they refuse to admit is that there are alternatives to using Stem Cells- there are methods of reverting adult cells to serve the same function that embryonic cells do, and it doesn’t involve murdering a child. That’s not bad, right? If we let our government approve funding for Stem Cell research, there will be blood on all of our hands- the blood of the children that could and WOULD have been born if it weren’t for the blind scientific search for what some would call progress.
-Ian Garvin