Stemming Federal Funding, Ctd

by Chris Bodenner

In response to the court ruling, Kinsley puts the views of its supporters under the microscope:

Of the tens of thousands of embryos discarded by fertility clinicsevery year, a few are used for stem cell research. Extracting the stemcells involves destroying the embryos, which would be destroyed anyway.True, the destruction of embryos used for research is purposeful,whereas the destruction of embryos in the everyday work of fertilityclinics is incidental. But is that...