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Article: Breaking new ground on stem cells: embryonic stem cells without harming embryos--new research opens minds.(SPEAKING OUT)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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- March 1, 2007
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Do you think you know all you need to about embryonic stem cells? Cutting-edge information could revolutionize our debate and unify all Americans. And paradoxically, the solution in our stem-cell debate lies more in correctly discerning death than in a universal definition of life.
The ethics of destroying embryos to make stem cells is often framed as "an immovable object meets an irresistible force"--respect for human life colliding with the desire to relieve human suffering. However, both sides believe that the taking of innocent human life is immoral and should never be condoned. And both accept the possibility that embryonic stem cells could provide valuable ...