In case you haven't heard President Obama signed an order to remove the restrictions on funding for embryonic stem-cell research. This means that our tax dollars are finding one more way of funding the murder of the unborn as this order will mean the destruction of human embryos.
To put this order in perspective Robert P. George said on the Albert Mohler Program (and I paraphrase) that Obama could actually do what some have said (mistakenly, I believe) and reduce the number of abortions in this nation and it would be more than offset by the destruction of tiny lives resulting from this order.
The most evil part of this entire thing is that it is unneccesary considering the ability scientists now have to create the exact equivelant to embryonic stem-cells without creating and destroying embryos.
Mr. George and Eric Cohen wrote an article on the subject for the Wall Street Journal. Here's an excerpt:
"...the Obama policy is itself blatantly political. It is red meat to his Bush-hating base, yet pays no more than lip service to recent scientific breakthroughs that make possible the production of cells that are biologically equivalent to embryonic stem cells without the need to create or kill human embryos. Inexplicably -- apart from political motivations -- Mr. Obama revoked not only the Bush restrictions on embryo destructive research funding, but also the 2007 executive order that encourages the National Institutes of Health to explore non-embryo-destructive sources of stem cells."
Our nation has truly been given over to a "debased mind to do what ought not to be done" (Romans 1:28). This should move us to pray for our nation and proclaim the gospel.
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
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