What does abortion...?

Question

have to do with HR 810, the stem cell bill Bush vetoed?

Still no mention of HR 810. Has anyone (besides me) read it or are you just making assumptions?

Abortion (n) termination of a pregnancy. If noone is actually "pregnancy" how can it be abortion?

sorry , "pregnant"

pam b - that's not me in the picture, that's my son. I'm standing behind him.

Answer 1

The Rapture Right thinks that women must have abortions for the United States to research stem cells. They also think that it will cause an increase in the amount of abortions had in this country as women will feel better about "donating stem cells" rather than "murdering babies." (Abstinence is their best weapon and it sure does work, *sarcasm*) The real science, however, say this; It all begins with the five to seven days after conception. This is the time period during which embryonic stem cells can be harvested. Most on the right believe that life begins at the moment of conception. So many believe that to kill the cytoblast (the term for the embryo at this particular stage) is amoral and should not be done. i.e. It is murder.
When a couple decides they no longer want any more invitro procedures done, the companies that do the procedures are under the obligation to destroy the remaining supply of cytoblasts, the very same cytoblasts that could otherwise be used for stem cell research.
The Rapture Right's logic on this subject then leads me to believe that it is better to throw life in a garbage can than to use it for research and possible cures to diseases.
The embryos are frozen, they have 150 cells, they aren't even embryos, they are cytoblasts. They already exist and the Rapture Right would rather put them in the trash than in a laboratory.

Answer 2

Abortion is when a mother wants to end a pregnancy, and the doctor remove the fetus from the womb that has not yet fully developed into a full term baby. The doctor has to determine whether or not the pregnancy has progressed too long, then they cannot take the fetus.
I don't know how old you are, but this is something you should talk to your parents or teacher about.
The baby has cells in it unformed body, that would normally be discarded, if a abortion took place. That is a giant waist. I personally don't believe in abortion, because some people use it for birth control. They are making bad decisions about having relations without protection, then they accidentally get pregnant, and are either too young, or too old, or too many kids already....
There isn't any excuse to kill a unborn child except if carrying to baby full term would endanger the mother life. The stem cell research has proved to cure such deceases as multiple sclerosis and spine injuries, where people are paralyzed and can't walk because of a accident. Stem cells replaces and actually grows back the lost or damaged tissue, and is like a cure, that we never had before. It gives the injured people back their lives.

Answer 3

By vetoing the stem cell bill, the anti abort people now have a leg to stand on.
People are against stem cell research because the cells usually come from unborn fetuses. Religous fanatics don't want this because they think an unborn fetus becomes a life at conception. To use them in their eyes encourages abortion, which they consider murder.
By getting the stem cell stuff vetoed they can now use this in court and say that it has been established by the president that life does not begin at birth, but at the time of conception.

Answer 4

The pro-lifers argue that there should be no stem cell research because they believe it involves the use of fetal tissue which would necessitate an abortion or would result in an abortion. People in favor of stem cell research seem to indicate that not all stem cell research would involve the use of aborted fetuses. Those people also do not have a problem with abortion as they are not being guided by religious dogma.

Answer 5

George Bush believes in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. A stem cell in this case can only be gotten from the umblical cord of an unborn baby. There are only about 60 "lines" of them available today. To get more, babies would have to be aborted and GWB will not open the floodgates to this. I agree with him. We will find other ways to get what we need for research. America has the brain power to do it, but it may take some time. Sure, people will die while we work to find a better way, but why condemn an unborn baby to death just to get his cells? Does not he deserve a chance at life just as your parents gave you the chance to grow up and be somebody?

Answer 6

It depends on who you ask. People draw the connection between abortion and stem cell research because aborted fetuses are one source of stem cells.
Some people feel that giving federal funds to stem cell research will "encourage" people to have abortions, which they feel should be illegal anyway.
Others realize that people are going to have abortions regardless of stem cell research, even if abortions are outlawed, and that we are wasting time and resources by allowing the "by-products" of abortion get thrown into the incinerator, instead of using them in research that could save lives.

Answer 7

Nothing. Religious fanatics/anti-abortionists claim that stem cells can only come from aborted fetuses, but this is not the case. Stem cells that researchers use come from cord blood, which is discarded every time someone gives birth anyways.

Answer 8

The ultimate goal of the pro-life movement is to overturn Roe v. Wade. if the government began funding stem cell research, it would put them further away from their goal.

as far as HR810 goes, the two have nothing to do with each other...........but Bush doesn't expect people to know that. when a conservative hears "stem-cell" they think "abortion" and that is what the president is counting on.

Answer 9

The stem cells come from an aborted fetus.

Answer 10

Well, they need embyos to get the stem cells, so the embryos need to be aborted or not used to make a baby.