Friday, June 25, 2004
A Key Distinction
Although most opponents of embryonic stem-cell research are traditional members of the pro-life constituency, some of pro-life congressmen supporting federal funding of such research if the embryonic unborn children being killed are "leftovers" from in vitro fertilization procedures.
"Opponents of (embryonic) stem cell research view it as destruction of potential human life and are misinformed," said Dr. Daphne Thomas, a Virginia physician whose 7-year-old daughter Alyssa has Rett syndrome, a rare and fatal genetic disease, at a news conference announcing the legislation. However, Thomas is misinformed, as pro-lifers view such research as destruction of actual human life, not just potential life.
