Tuesday, July 18, 2006

What To Do About Life

Today the Senate passed a law allowing the use of embryos in research. President Bush has promised a veto. Here are a few quotes from our leaders. I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
"The president believes strongly that for the purpose of research it's inappropriate for the federal government to finance something that many people consider murder. He's one of them," White House spokesman Tony Snow.
"I do not believe that a frozen embryo in a fertility clinic freezer constitutes human life. Now, I believe that being pro-life involves helping the living. Regenerative medicine is pro-life and pro-family," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
"It is human, and it's alive, and under H.R. 810 we say that the federal government is going to fund the destruction, the killing, of that embryo," Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.
"There has been an upsurge of demand, Support for the legislation has crossed every line we could imagine, certainly partisan lines, ethnic, racial, geographic lines." said Sen.Hillary Clinton, D-NY.
"I strongly believe neither Congress nor independent researchers nor any human being for that matter should be allowed to, in effect, play God by determining that one life is inherently more valuable than another," Sen. David Vitter, R-La.
"These embryos are never going to be babies," said California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

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