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That's a different kind of research. No, stem cells are from extraneous fertilized ova; when an infertile couple sets out to fertilize an egg outside the uterus, the fertility doctors make 8 to 16 foetuses, and choose the most viable one to put in the woman's body.
There are foetuses left over from this process. Under law these are frozen indefinitely. It's why fertilization procedures are so expensive. It's BS.
The heart of it is this:
Abortion opponents invented an argument in order to justify their war on women. They do not want to see women gain control over their own bodies, because these groups have a vested interest in keeping women out of power. So these groups created this nonsensical "pro-life" platform, which is built entirely of lies, and in order to defend it they need to keep coming up with more lies. Anti-stem research is just the latest lie they've invented as a corollary of other lies.
If one accepts their nonsensical premise that "life begins at conception," then destroying a fertilized ovum is murder. So these zygotes are kept frozen indefinitely, because in some Republican sci-fi fantasy universe they might be someday brought to term. Who is to say that being frozen for all eternity is a better fate than being used for research?
Every day thousands of real babies are born dead, or crippled, or blind, or deformed, because scumbags like Bush have impeded the progress of stem cell research. The right wing cares more about imaginary children than real ones. Perhaps a better way to put it is: thousands of babies are born dead, or crippled, or blind, or deformed, because the right wing would rather see all that suffering than stop it, because stopping it would be an admission that their aim isn't to defend foetuses but to keep women from gaining equality.
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