"So our new president is in office less than 3 months and already has reversed GWB's moral standing on overseas abortions and embryonic stem cell research. I don't know what to make of that considering the unbelievable mess we are in as a nation. When is he finding the time to deal with things that are so far removed - and were just fine the way they were? It's unfortunate.
What I find more unfortunate is the fact that we are even having a discussion about whether life made in a petri dish can be frozen or destroyed. Or whether women in 3rd world countries should be aborting their babies. I feel like I just stepped into the middle of a bad sci-fi movie.
Science has obviously done amazing, life-saving, and world changing things for humanity. But science without a moral compass is just asking for trouble. Let's put aside the unborn children for a moment and think about the weight of these choices on the adults involved. I wouldn't want that kind of decision hanging over my head." Jenna Hallock
I read this post earlier today and thought I would respond. First I'll state that I am against abortion, but not because I am a Christian. I just don't understand how anyone could make a choice to kill their own baby (or kill anyone for that matter). Anyways, in America I don't see why stem cell research is such a big deal. We have access to so much technology and know that not all stem cells are obtained from aborted fetuses. However, we also know that women, for whatever resaon, will have abortions so why not us the fetal stem cells for research? Also, stem cells can be obtained from umbical cord blood so opt to have your baby's donated for science. I know this may seem simplistic but it's not like women are just having abortions solely to donate their fetus for stem cell research.
This post also got me thinking about abortions overseas. With all the food shortages, lack of medical care, civil wars/war crimes, sex trafficking, slave trade, etc why should they be punished for having an abortion (or rather not having the option to have an abortion)? I am still not for abortion, but condoms and birth control are not readily available and it will take years to move a country to absteinance or even understanding why absteinance is needed. Also in many African countries there is still a beilef (though changing slowly) that sex with a virgin will cure their HIV/AIDS. And how do you began to heal a country full of children concieved from a rape? How are these mothers supposed to provide? It just makes me mad that we, as Americans, think it is so simple to keep these women from getting pregnant. In America, we have so many alternatives for abortion (drop off at a safe place, adoption, programs to help women who keep their baby). Women in 3rd world countries have no other alternative. It is either have another mouth to stuggle to feed, clothe, and maybe, MAYBE send to school or have an abortion. I really have no where to go with this. It is just nuts.
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