Bad logic makes for inconsistent ethics
The Chicago Tribune has an article on how President Bush's recent House defeat on the fetal stem cell bill presages a revolt against his position on the part of otherwise "pro-life" Republicans.
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Cal), who is cited by the article as a prominent example of those with changing positions, perhaps reveals the core of the problem with his ironic statement that "If they are going to be thrown away and not become life, that's the reality of it. The group that voted against this will just not see reality."
The reality is that these are embryos. Conception has already taken place; they already are life!
While Cunningham and the others cited (including Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), continue to oppose cloning and the creation of embryos for the express purpose of stem cell harvesting. They favor only the use of embryos which otherwise would be destroyed. They fail to see that to destroy a life is to destroy a life, regardless of what the ultimate fate of that life would be otherwise.
Hopefully, when they have their talk, President Bush will be able to show Rep. Cunningham that the latter's "best logic" is none too good.
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Cal), who is cited by the article as a prominent example of those with changing positions, perhaps reveals the core of the problem with his ironic statement that "If they are going to be thrown away and not become life, that's the reality of it. The group that voted against this will just not see reality."
The reality is that these are embryos. Conception has already taken place; they already are life!
While Cunningham and the others cited (including Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), continue to oppose cloning and the creation of embryos for the express purpose of stem cell harvesting. They favor only the use of embryos which otherwise would be destroyed. They fail to see that to destroy a life is to destroy a life, regardless of what the ultimate fate of that life would be otherwise.
Hopefully, when they have their talk, President Bush will be able to show Rep. Cunningham that the latter's "best logic" is none too good.
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