Friday, August 19, 2005
Really Creepy
The story about using fetal cells to treat burns was all over the news and the blogosphere yesterday, but I first heard about it from Cheat Seeking Missles.
I just have to say that if there is anything worse than killing the unborn for the sake of convenience for the adult, it's using them as raw material -- for anything. This is more dehumanizing than simple abortion. To date, abortion proponents have known they were killing something -- it might not be human, but it was in some acknowledged sense life. These developments turn that life into product. Not sure I can live with that.
I just have to say that if there is anything worse than killing the unborn for the sake of convenience for the adult, it's using them as raw material -- for anything. This is more dehumanizing than simple abortion. To date, abortion proponents have known they were killing something -- it might not be human, but it was in some acknowledged sense life. These developments turn that life into product. Not sure I can live with that.
