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Old 11-11-2008, 02:19 PM
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Re: stem cell research
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Originally Posted by cacophony View Post
my point is, i'm gravely pro-choice, i don't support the practice of in vitro fertilization that results in an excess of fertilized eggs, and i don't support the notion of embryonic stem cell research. i am uncomfortable with the idea of my tax money going to support this research when private funding is available. i wouldn't expect to impose my view on the general public and try to block the research completely, but i would prefer not to be part of the funding and support.

I guess i have to agree with you. there's enough gray area here (and I didn't mean to earlier intimate you were being irrational, only that there's got to be a cultural aspect to these values). So I guess its best out of public funding. I just don't want some jackass rich kid from texas saying god told him we couldn't do it. like he's moses or something.
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