Politics
Thursday June 10, 2004
Researchers to begin Stem Cell Work with Destroying 45 Embryonic Human Beings
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
OTTAWA June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Stem cell scientists have wasted no time in going ahead with research using discarded embryos from IVF clinics. Dr. Ronald Worton, scientific director of the Stem Cell Network is co-ordinating a national effort to create stem cell lines from living human beings in the embryonic stage. Many studies have shown that embryonic stem cells have proven to be virtually useless in therapeutic application.
The research project will be carried out in three Canadian cities, Calgary, Toronto and London with 45 embryos being killed to provide research material. The research will be the first to be federally funded under the new law passed just before the calling of the federal election.
CanWest news Service's Margaret Munroe, has presented the case as one of brave scientific pioneers moving ahead with cutting edge research, but opposition to the use of embryos for research is still lively. Worton, Munroe says in her June 9th article, is worried that a Conservative Party win in the upcoming election will end the research.
Munroe ends her article contending that "much research is needed before stem cells will ever deliver new treatments or therapies." Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) said however, "These scientists know that embryonic stem cells do not work for the treatment of diseases. Indeed not one attempt to use embryonic stem cells has ever succeeded." Hughes pointed to studies showing the array of diseases that are being regularly and successfully treated with stem cells derived from the patients' own bodies. "Adult or non-embryonic stem cells, on the other hand, are already successfully being employed."
"The use of human beings for experimentation should horrify Canadians," said Aidan Reid, CLC Ottawa Public Affairs Office. "After all, we have experienced this atrocity in recent memory in Nazi Germany. These scientists call their research 'exciting'," he continued, "I call it disgusting."
Campaign Life Coalition is calling on Canadian scientists to pursue adult stem cells and other ethical avenues of research. Unlike embryonic stem cell research, these methods preserve the lives of embryonic human beings, while saving the lives of adults.
For more information see LifeSiteNews.com stem cell pages:
http://www.lifesite.net/features/stemcellembryo/
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Hoffman Loses Final Tally of NY-23 Race; Alleges ACORN Tampering and Fraud
- Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators
- CDC Reverses Gardasil Vaccine Requirement for Immigrants
- Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population
- CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems
- Rejection of Washington DC Marriage Referendum Challenged With Legal Suit
- Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay 'Marriage
- Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt's Homosexual Partnership Bill
- Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says "Homosexual Identity" Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse
- Commentary on Nov 20 NewsBytes
- LSN NewsBytes - US Health Care Reform
- LSN NewsBytes - Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- LSN NewsBytes - Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous
- LSN NewsBytes - Climate Change/Global Warming
- 59 Bishops Contributed Financially to Maine Bishop's Effort to Oppose Maine Same-Sex "Marriage" Law
- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill's Phony Abortion Compromise
Most Read this Week
- Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers
- EWTN's Arroyo Hosts Reform CCHD Reps Who Reveal Shocking Evidence Against USCCB Anti-Poverty Arm
- Italian Mayors Order Crufixes Put in Classrooms in Revolt against European Court Ruling
- Nat'l Organization for Marriage Responds to Miss California "Sex Tape" Scandal
- Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview
- French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life
- EU Leaders to Choose President today in Secret "Soviet Style" Meetings
- Hoffman "Unconcedes" Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for "Miracle" Victory
- CCHD Responds to Reform Movement
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.