A state ballot initiative supporting stem cell research destroys money as much as morality and could ultimately put taxpayers into debt.
Stem cell research has been favored by Hollywood liberals and condemned by religious leaders around the world.
“I don’t know how much of an effort there can be from out of state on the opposite side,” said Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of pro-life activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a story in the Los Angeles Times.
“The biotechnology industry and big names in Hollywood are already behind this, between them, they can buy and sell the rest of us. The only thing stopping scientists from exploring stem cell research more in depth is money, conservatives really have no way in preventing this from eventually occurring other than protests.”
Californians have already consented to borrowing up to $15 billion to help ease the state fiscal crisis.
Initiative supporters are now asking for $3 billion more in governmental support for stem cell research. “I hope people get the message that this is an enormous expenditure of money in a financially strapped state for research that is increasingly seen as hypothetical,” said Doerflinger.
Michael Mananiello, senior vice president of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, which supports stem cell research, said in an article in the Los Angeles Times, “You add a $3-billion funding possibility for…research on stem cells, I think that just blows the top off the roof.”
California has no business getting into more debt then it already is.
Stem cell research also has caused a split within the Republican Party because conservative views are spread thin on both sides. Nancy Reagan, first lady to former President Ronald Reagan who recently died of Alzheimer’s, is a prominent supporter of stem cell research, as is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
With such a controversial issue that can cause severe debt and a loss of morality, as well as result in political factions, it’s time to put the brakes on this initiative.
Taking stem cells from embryos for research is inhumane and will result in the minimization of the importance of the human body and soul.