Cliff Stearns: “last Sunday, we heard the news that a Massachusetts biotechnology firm had turned a revolutionary scientific corner.…”

“last Sunday, we heard the news that a Massachusetts biotechnology firm had turned a revolutionary scientific corner. Delicately transferring human DNA into a donated human female egg, they then artificially nurtured the egg into a 6-cell embryo. The embryo then went off about its business, dividing as if fertilized by a sperm, but stopped far short of maturing into a baby. Their objective in creating this being? To harvest its stem cells to be crafted into potential replacement tissues for patients suffering from various degenerative diseases. Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. positions the product of their research as ``only cellular life, not human life.'' Still, building a life, whether you call it a ``cellular life'' or a ``human life'' to serve as a discardable donor is not moral science. The House passed H.R. 2505, a human cloning prohibition in July, and I urge our colleagues in the Senate to expeditiously pass legislation banning such destructive research.”