Stem Cell Research

I'm going to go a little out of my party's "official" stance and state that I'm for stem cell research. I'm really for any research that has the potential to cure any and all diseases. I'm sure that embryonic stem cell research is a sore subject for many people, but let's look at it from a different angle.

A woman goes in for an abortion, this alone means she did not want the child. I'm talking in the strict form of abortion here, not something like she needed an abortion because the baby died or her health was in jeopardy. When something like that happens I imagine she would take the baby's body and have it buried in her own ceremonious ways. So in my fictional "abortion", the woman no longer wants the child. What do you think happens to the child's body? It's discarded just like any other medical waste.

Now, if I tell you that I could use the child's cells in research that might help cure a horrible disease, what's the harm? The woman did not want the child to begin with. It's going to be thrown away. So, if we can cure say, spinal cord injuries, wouldn't that be worth it? America has been at the front of the medical technology business for many years, and I think we should take bold steps to make sure that we stay there.

Of course, there's going to be people who claim that they don't want this type of research because they believe that children are being butchered. Fair enough, but has any of them actually seen how stem cells are harvested? And if you object due to religious grounds, fair enough. But doesn't most religions state that when you die, your soul goes to heaven or hell? If so, doesn't that make your body a mere shell? What makes your body sacred if your soul, which is the most important part, is already in heaven or hell?

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com