The question is especially pertinent here in Illinois now that the legislature is on the verge of passing legislation supporting embryonic stem cell research.
The Rascal finds religious arguments against such research unavailing in light of various factors, including points made in this explanation from neuroscientist Sam Harris:
“A three-day-old human embryo is a collection of 150 cells called a blastocyst. There are, for the sake of comparison, more than 100,000 cells in the brain of a fly. The human embryos that are destroyed in stem-cell research do not have brains, or even neurons. Consequently, there is no reason to believe they can suffer their destruction in any way at all."
Biologist and ethologist Richard Dawkins also offers valid observations in this piece.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The politicians who oppose stem cell research should take a genuine stand and vow that neither they nor their families will use any procedures that result from that research. If it's such a big moral issue, they should be happy and proud to make that promise. But I'll bet they don't.
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