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You poined, "I believe that aborting a developing fetus is destroying life, but not a blastocyst. The cells have not specialized themselves yet." It will comes as a surprise to you then that at sixteen cells in size, he or she has already started differentiating cells for survival. The embryo-aged being is already differentiating cells to build the placenta and amniotic sac (the first organ(s) of survival in the womb, and will within days begin differentiating the cells for the inner cell mass which builds the body of organs to survive in the air world.

Are you aware that scientists are already removing a blastomere from the petri dish embryo, to test for genetic defects and to make a 'repair system' of future stem cells should the child develop a need later? Why not use those embryonic stem cells that can be developed from the pluripotent blastomere to do embryonic stem cell cures ... BUT, why not do the experiemnts to perfect the processes by testing on other mammals such as great ape embryo blastomeres? Why kill an individual at embryo-age in order to do research?

There is not a shred of evidence ANYWHERE that indicates that stem cell research will cure ANYTHING. If evidence existed, there would be no need for government funding, the biotech companies would throw more money at it than you can imagine. The culture of death has conditioned people to believe that embryonic stem cell are a panacea for every ailment out there -- there is no validity to this claim, but it helps to justify the widespread infanticide that is occurring in this country.

In the past 32 years, more than 40 MILLION babies have had life stolen from them, countless more millions of embryos have been destroyed. All this research has been done, but where are the results? Moreover, many researchers have said that unbilical stem cells (which are produced by every live birth) have as much or more promise than embryonic stem cells.

We can't allow ourselves to fall prey to some emotional plea that people in wheelchairs or suffering from other illnesses can be saved. We have no idea if this is true or not, what we do know for certain is that lives are lost to get these cells.

Why kill an individual at embryo-age in order to do research?

Because fundamentally, killing is what this is all about.

It's not really about curing Parkinson's Disease, or repairing injuries, or anything similar.

It's about finding some justification for killing the unborn (and any other lives deemed "unworthy of living"). The "womens' rights" and "freedom of choice" arguments failed; so the supporters of infanticide are returning to the "blob of cells" argument ... with a twist.