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The Politics of Stem Cells

Why do some scientists and politicians insist on exploiting embryos?

Interview with C. Christopher Hook | posted 11/01/2004 12:00AM

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Protecting the embryo from becoming a research subject is an even greater threat to abortion-rights claims than banning partial-birth abortion, and we have seen just how vigorously the abortionists have fought any restrictions there. The forces that need to continue to denigrate preborn human beings have been lobbying strong and hard against any restrictions.

Recently at a Washington hearing about adult stem-cell progress, a scientist who was reporting on her research was verbally threatened by a member of Congress with a "question," the essence of which went: "I demand that you disclose every pro-life organization you have ever belonged to immediately, or I will hold you in contempt of Congress!" It is sad when our elected representatives are unable to consider objective scientific information without spinning their political agendas and delusions.

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November 2004, Vol. 48, No. 11

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