Embryonic Stem Cell Research .. the long line at heaven's gate

By plb on March 15, 2009 1:10 PM | 4 Comments

Cartoon by Townhall's Gary Varvel (HT: Jill Stanek)

The cartoon is particularly relevant in light of Barack Obama's recent decision to force taxpayers to fund research that destroys human embryos.

4 Comments

Jessica | March 29, 2009 5:33 PM | Reply

How can one compare partial birth abortion to embryonic stem cell research? One partially delivers a fetus and then kills it because it is unwanted, and the other uses five day old blastocysts (balls of 100-200 cells) for the potential good of others? By the way, these blastocysts have no nervous system (the primitive streak forms no sooner than 14 days after conception) and therefore can feel no pain.

This cartoon is just a way to exploit the ignorance of the general public in order to rally against ES cell research.

lj | March 29, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply

Nazis would put jews into ice cold water. Their research on hypothermia has benefitted more people than escr has. And they probably felt about their victims the way you do about yours.

If you're so anxious to spend money on killing these little human beings, then spend your own money and keep your hands out of our pockets.

Dena Silver | March 30, 2009 2:06 PM | Reply

Does anyone care about the fetus after birth? Hello? Did you notice babies need a lot of love. And attention. And care. The deepest feelings of the mother are crucial. God gives a baby one mother and one father, for good reason.

Katherine | April 1, 2009 10:30 AM | Reply

Jessica, I agree with you. This cartoon is manipulative and distorts facts.