On Stem cell treatments help Janesville boy

Posted on February 8 at 12:31 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I was researching stem cell research and found this article about Brandon and was reading your blogs. I need to say this, when it comes to this topic, remember four things. 1. SIZE. A fetus is smaller than a newborn. Does that make large people more human than small people? 2. LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT. A 4 yr old is less developed than a 14 yr old. Does that make the 4 yr old less of a person? If self awareness and intelligence define us human being, that means that those who are more intelligent have the right to exploit those of less intelligence. Obviously, that is not true. 3. ENVIRONMENT. Does location have any bearing on who you are? Do you stop being yourself if you change locations? Clearly, changing locations does not stop us from being who we are, be it traveling from one city to another , or eight inches down the birth canal. 4. DEGREE OF DEPENDENCY. Does the ability to live independent of anyone or anything contribute to humanity? Is every person who depends on medicine for survival less human than those who are not? Some people believe that a pre-born baby becomes a human being when it is capable of surviving outside the mother's womb without artificial support. Yet, there are people who depend upon insulin, heart pacemaker, and diabetes medication and without these supportive measures, those people would not survive. This does not make them less human than us. A man named Scott Klusendorf said this and believe me, these babies need our protection.There has been little success from what I have found to support embryonic stem cell research while there have been success with adult stem cells or from the umbilical cord. Those stories need to be told to help stop the useless murder of babies. And for those who think that these "babies" are not good for anything. Go to Focusonthefamily.com and search for the snowflake foundation. This is about adoption for these "babies", which is wonderful!! Sometimes, you have to defend those who cannot fight for themselves and that is what we need to do to save these babies.