Congress just passed a bill that would allow federal funding of stem-cell research, but not quite by a margin wide enough to override the president’s veto — which, by the way, was his first veto since his administration took office. You may wonder why the president used his veto power for the first time on a bill that seems to hold such great hope for cures of some of the most heart-breaking diseases and illnesses. Well, in his simple mind, the answer is simple. Research would require the destruction of a human embryo, and a human embryo is life. At the veto ceremony, he was surrounded by children who as embryos had been adopted and ultimately born. Not present were the countless frozen embryos that will never be adopted, that will instead be discarded.
Perhaps the president didn’t think of this when he made his politically charged decision. Perhaps he thinks when these unwanted frozen embryos are discarded they will reside eternally in some paradise somewhere. Probably not though. In all likelihood, when these embryos are discarded, they will thaw and decompose rapidly. That’s right — they will die. Not only will they fail to develop into a fully formed human beings after nine months, they will not save a single life nor help cure an incurable condition. They will not heal the chronically ill or repair a single permanently damaged person. These unwanted embryos will simply go to waste — condemned to eternal uselessness by a president who believes he understands the meaning of life.
So stick to your guns, Mr. President. Let these unwanted, unneeded frozen embryos die in vain. Think of them as you think of the thousands of young men and women you’ve sent to Iraq, also to die in vain.
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