Often when they discuss stem cells in the media, they fail to distinguish where the cells come from...
Most of the "religious opposition to stem cells" is not religious opposition to stem cells (stem cells from fat, cord blood etc are morally ok)
the problem is that we take an embryo that could easily become a human being and destroy it...
I laughed when Bush had the nerve to bring out babies adopted as embryos and who now thrive...you see, like the post in last week's LA Times, the press never covers the other side of the story...
However, embryonic like stem cells can be obtained in other ways...the link is from a Catholic web site...
original link HERE
Ironically, Catholics oppose in vitro fertilization...and therefore worry about "adopting" embryos since it might lead to more exploitation of life...however, since most of the couples doing it seem to do it out of love, one suspects it is morally ok for them, indeed, it is a mitzvah, a good deed...
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