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Entry: ruminations regarding ron reagan's rantings

Just bein' Frank has ruminations regarding ron reagan's rantings:

Ron Reagan made it seem like President Bush was the only thing standing in the way of cures for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and a myriad of other tragic illnesses. In fact, stem cell research has been taking place across America -- with private and federal dollars -- and it has gone almost nowhere."
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"Now, even if you don't agree that embryos are human beings, isn't this policy a wise and prudent one for a government to take? Millions of taxpayers would object strongly to their tax dollars being funneled to what they believe is killing human life. Why force your beliefs on them when the research could be funded privately?

"But Ron Reagan turns the issue on its head, accusing religious people of imposing their views! ... As if we were debating a ban on stem cell
research."
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"Solid science is behind the pro-life movement on this one. An embryo/fetus/unborn child cannot be anything other than a living human being. But even given that, many liberals still favor abortion and stem cell research and euthanasia. That's because the leftist idea, expressed here, essentially is that it's okay to kill innocent human beings under certain circumstances.

"When Pope John Paul laments our 'culture of death', this is what he means. In the leftist mentality, anyone whose life is deemed unnecessary or unproductive can be legitimately exterminated. It's a mentality that's not only morally repugnant, but also Orwellian! (Human life does not derive its value from functionality!) When the right to life is not absolute, aren't all our other rights on thin ice? When the right to life is denied to some, isn't it in danger for the rest of us?"