Re:Creating a life to destroy it.. (Score 1)

While I respect your opinion, I must argue with your assertion of the facts that "They'd never have grown into fully developed babies anyway." This statement is often reported by the media, but the fact is that these embryos have all their instructions and DNA to continue their lives if given the opportunity.

My wife and I are currently pregnant with one of these so-called "leftover" embryos whose genetic parents cared enough to make the embryo available for adoption. I truly believe that life begins at conception and it seems that the medical community doesn't dispute that. We simply come up with other ways to describe a baby so that it doesn't bring about the emotions of a human life--the word "fetus" for example. In my opinion, these babies deserve a chance at continuing life--just as we all do.

The promises and claims of stem cell research sound great. My heart goes out to those who suffer or have loved ones who have suffered from an illness that we might someday have a cure for with stem cell research. However, we shouldn't be taking children's lives to do this research. I'm not a medical expert, but it seems to me that it would be more beneficial to expand research using adult stem cells rather than choosing to kill a child for the sake of research.