I wrote the following letter to President Obama regarding federal funding for stem cell research. I hope I didn't tenderfoot around this issue too much, but this is something I feel very strongly about. Unlike Obama (ref. his campaign speeches), I do not believe children are a punishment for a bad decision. They may be an outcome of our decisions, but they are our responsibility to care for and love. Opponents argue that many of these children are neglected or cannot be provided for, but the reality is that is an outcome of a society that recuses itself from its responsibilities and is not justification for murder of the most innocent of God's creation.
President Obama,
On March 9, 2009 you signed an executive order that authorized the use of government funds for embryonic stem cell research. In reference to the order you said, “It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology.”
On April 21, 2009 Science Daily reported the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Boston Children’s Hospital has successfully converted red blood cells into stem cells with all the traits, functionality, and therapeutic benefits of embryonic stem cells. The April 24, 2009 edition of the Wall Street Journal reported on a breakthrough at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA whereby adult skin cells are converted into the equivalent of embryonic stem cells. Neither of these methods, or the myriad other breakthroughs already achieved, require the use of controversially obtained embryonic stems cells.
Contrary to your terse anti-scientific rhetoric towards the Bush Administration, it seems you are the President turning his back to science in favor of ideological dogma. Your approval for the use of taxpayer dollars for ethically depraved “science” is rooted in a political ideology that uncompromisingly condones the slaughter of unborn children. This is not about distortion of scientific data – it is about morality being compromised for the fulfillment of a campaign promise to your constituency. The American people are not fooled by your attempt to hide subjective morality behind the guise of science.
Perhaps you are aware of the atrocities committed against Jewish prisoners at Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Under the direction of Heinrich Himmler thousands of Jews were subjected to torture in the name of medical research. Based upon your rationale, we should be providing government funding for similar research efforts so as not to “distort the scientific data” and because of the great medical benefits such torture would be “ethically justified.”
How ironic that you vehemently oppose water boarding for national defense as “torture” while advocating the murder of unborn children for scientific knowledge (or avoidance of responsibility) as ethical. Stop trying to cover your own ideology and political agenda with scientific rhetoric. Respect the sanctity of human life: the needless destruction of human life is never justified or dignified by the possible gain of scientific knowledge. You need to immediately reverse your executive order on government funding for embryonic stem cell research and support a child’s right to life regarding all abortion issues.
Sincerely,
Letters to Leaders
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