Can you look at endorsement for the presidential candidate and say maybe that endorsement was wasted? Looking at the presidential race one can’t help but wonder. What if instead of endorsing Thomson and Romney, leading pro-life groups of this country would support Hackabee? Could we have McCain trailing behind Hackabee? May be or may be not. But today I would like to look at McCain and his stance on pro-life issues.

Senators McCain’s website states the following:

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench. Constitutional balance would be restored by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, returning the abortion question to the individual states. The difficult issue of abortion should not be decided by judicial fiat.

Unfortunately this is not what McCain expressed in the following video:

Repealing Roe v Wade will lead to would make abortion illegal. Amen to that. Will it make more dangerous that it is today. Not anymore dangerous as it is today- leaving behind one dead and many wounded. But that is the slogan of the “pro-choice” movement “Keep Abortions Safe and Legal”. No matter how hard you try, Sen. MacCain, you just can not be on the both side of the fence at the same time.

So what about his stand on embryonic research and cloning?

Evidently McCain believes that both are OK and is guided by a false argument that many frozen embryos are predestined to die, therefore we should get the best out of the situation. While it is true that in the USA way to many embryos are produced than needed for IVF, even if we kill all these frozen embryos, there will not be enough to produce just a few strains of stem cells, never mind to find a cure. In order for embryonic research to to go ahead, creating embryos for the sole purpose of destroying them is necessary.

I still can’t help but wonder what it would be like if Hackabee was ahead. What about you?

HT: Mary Kay and Jill Stanek for the videos.

Your government has pushed hard for the initiative of $450 million funding for embryonic the stem cell research, which was overwhelmingly reject by New Jersey voters in November of 2007. This might have been a big surprise for you, since New Jersey had already spent $270 millions on research buildings.

Corzine donated $150,000 to the northern New Jersey chapter of Planned Parenthood in April 1999

In yesterday speech you have talked about fiscal responsibility and that there is no magic when it comes to money and finances. I am sure most of the New Jerseyans would agree with you on that. However in the light that your government was willing to spend half a billion on the research that has failed to produce a single cure is not an assurance of your government’s will to become fiscally responsible.

New Jersey is one of the states that assists Planned Parenthood with federal and state taxpayers money. According to FY ‘08 state budget two Planned Parenthood affiliates of Mercer County and Central Jersey are to receive over $11 million in both federal and state tax money.

As New Jersey resident I have one question. How much of the money your are planing to raise via proposed initiative will end up paying for abortions and destruction of human embryos?

The author of Accidental Russofile commenting on my blog has accused me of building a straw man. I can argue my position by pointing out that “pro-choice” stance is more about keeping abortion legal than offering a real choice. Many men and women are so misinformed about abortion and possible devastating aftermath that their decision to abort can be called anything but a free choice. But that misinformation is not limited to the abortion. It appears that such misinformation carries into many other areas as well. Stem cell research is one such area.

Just take a look at the following announcement of Massachusetts Biotechnology Council:

Some consider stem cell research the Holy Grail of regenerative medicine. Others view the idea as morally wrong. But what would you do if your child became paralyzed from the waist down and you had access to the research that might allow them to walk again one day? These questions our society continues to grapple with. Follow a respected neurologist into the unknown territory of stem cell research.

Talk about the straw man! I am wondering why the word embryonic is omitted? The above paragraph is presenting a lie from the very start. We, in pro-life movement, are not against the stem cell research. In fact we welcome and support the research in the area as along as the cells are not taken from embryos- effectively destroying embryos in the process. We indeed encourage such a research. The other lie in that short paragraph is hidden behind suffering of an innocent people who may be suffering from presently incurable diseases. As if by opposing destroying embryos we indeed depriving these poor people from hope that one day a cure will be found. The fallacy here lies in the fact that so far no evidence has been presented that cells derived from the embryos have actually contribute to curing a disease. In fact there are better hopes that adult stem cell research can be more beneficial. One of the “fathers” of Dolly the Sheep has abandoned the experimenting with human embryos:

Prof Wilmut announced that he was abandoning the cloning of human embryos in stem cell research in favour of a new technique developed in Japan

Wilmut’s announcement come as a definite blow to those who favor embryonic stem cell research. Hopefully the American “scientists” begin to catch up as well and turning their efforts and research into the area free of moral and ethical problems. Otherwise they have no choice but to stick to their “straw men”.

So many “promising” signs in the stem cell research so far produced zero cures when it come to destroying embryos. Using adults stem cells is far more promising, but as of today there is decease that have been cured. There is an interesting article on Yahoo News about these unproven treatments offered by Chinese doctors:

They’re paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson’s, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments — and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China.

They mortgage their houses and their hometowns hold fundraisers as they scrape together the tens of thousands of dollars needed for travel and the hope for a miracle cure.

The article can be enlightening for those considering such treatments abroad. However there is another side to this story. If they are using embryos to get the stem cells, Chinese might be destroying embryos in hundreds or even thousands. For some reason, when talking about embryonic research we mistakenly think that just one embryo can deliver the “cure”. In fact it can take 15-20 embryos to produce a single strain of stem cells.

Welcome to the January 5, 2008 edition of pro-life blog carnival. I have decided to move this carnival to Saturdays instead of Mondays. As with any previous carnivals, or for that matter any link included in any of my post- I highly recommend visiting the blogs I link to and subscribing to their feeds.

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abortion

Selective Outrage posted at RealChoice. Christina has compiled a list of women who have died from “safe and legal” abortions. The list is at least 5 times as long as the list containing the names of those who died from abortion before Roe vs Wade legalized it. Abortion kills no matter how do you twist it. It kills babies but it also kills mothers.

January 7: Big day in Aurora Planned Parenthood saga posted at jillstanek.com. Jill, once again, is bringing attention to Aurora Planned Parenthood saga. Planned Parenthood lied through all the process of getting permits from the city of Aurora zoning board before building their death camp there. Make sure to visit Jill’s blog from more coverage of Aurora Planned Parenthood saga.

embionic reaserch

“Imposing Our Beliefs” on Others posted at National Pro-Life Action Center. From the page:

in the United States we have stringent federal laws that protect not only the national bird, the bald eagle, but also that eagle’s eggs. If you were to chance upon some of them in a nest out in the wilderness, it would be illegal for you to destroy those eggs. By the force of law, we recognize how the egg of the bald eagle, that is to say, the embryonic eagle inside that egg, is the same creature as the glorious bird that we witness flying high overhead. Therefore we pass laws to safeguard not only the adult but also the very youngest member of that species. Even atheists can see how a bald eagle’s eggs should be protected; it’s really not a religious question at all. What’s so troublesome is how we are able to understand the importance of protecting the earliest stages of animal life but when it comes to our own human life, a kind of mental disconnect takes place. Our moral judgment quickly becomes murky and obtuse when we desire to do certain things that are not good, like having abortions, or destroying embryonic humans for their stem cells.

euthanasia

Apologetics | Sanctity of Life | Euthanasia posted at The Christian Institute. From the article:

Holland has allowed voluntary euthanasia for some years, but the Dutch Government has acknowledged that there is a serious problem with involuntary euthanasia. Furthermore, in 2004 the Dutch Government called for an investigation into the non-reporting of euthanasia by doctors.7 One study suggested only 54% of cases were reported in 2001.

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From “Imposing Our Beliefs on Others” by Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D.:

…in the United States we have stringent federal laws that protect not only the national bird, the bald eagle, but also that eagle’s eggs. If you were to chance upon some of them in a nest out in the wilderness, it would be illegal for you to destroy those eggs. By the force of law, we recognize how the egg of the bald eagle, that is to say, the embryonic eagle inside that egg, is the same creature as the glorious bird that we witness flying high overhead. Therefore we pass laws to safeguard not only the adult but also the very youngest member of that species. Even atheists can see how a bald eagle’s eggs should be protected; it’s really not a religious question at all. What’s so troublesome is how we are able to understand the importance of protecting the earliest stages of animal life but when it comes to our own human life, a kind of mental disconnect takes place. Our moral judgement quickly becomes murky and obtuse when we desire to do certain things that are not good, like having abortions, or destroying embryonic humans for their stem cells.