Save the Cells

We seem to have problems with the "Save the Children" programs, so maybe we can do better with "Save the Cells." There are definite advantages -- they are certainly easier to deal with and they don't talk back.

Jon Stewart's riff on this subject is Stewart at his absolute best. It is a a brilliant assessment of the stem cell policy and may be Stewart's best yet. Don't miss it. See War on Terrorble Dieseases.

BBC News provides the "real" version of the same news, in Bush 'out of touch' on stem cells:

Leading researchers labelled Mr Bush "hypocritical", "out of touch" and "selfish" over his decision not to sign into law a bill approved by Congress.

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Mr Bush summed up his opposition to the bill on ethical grounds. "This bill would support the taking of innocent human life of the hope of finding medical benefits for others," he said.

But Graeme Laurie, an expert in the legal side of medicine from Edinburgh University, said there was an "underlying hypocrisy" in Mr Bush's position.

"The stated reason for President Bush's objection to embryonic stem cell research is that 'murder is wrong'; why then does he not intervene to regulate or ban [embryonic] stem cell research carried out with private funds and which is happening across the US?" he asked.

"It is a strange morality indeed that pins the moral status and life of the embryo on the question of who is paying for the research."

In case you missed it, here's Part 1 of Stewart on Stem Cells, 1st Veto. also, my earlier post on the stem cell issue, Murder is Wrong, provides my own view (and hope) on this.