Unheeded warnings
When the embryonic stem cell debate first started raging, many bio-ethicists warned that this would happen.
"Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests.
Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what happened to them. "
Many said that unrestrained embryonic stem cell research would lead to harvesting babies for "parts".
"Ukraine has become the self-styled stem cell capital of the world.
There is a trade in stem cells from aborted foetuses, amid unproven claims they can help fight many diseases.
But now there are claims that stem cells are also being harvested from live babies. "
What is worse is that these were heathy, wanted children!
"The BBC has spoken to mothers from the city of Kharkiv who say they gave birth to healthy babies, only to have them taken by maternity staff. "
What is most horrifying is the pictures that were given to the BBC to document this.
"The pictures show organs, including brains, have been stripped - and some bodies dismembered.
A senior British forensic pathologist says he is very concerned to see bodies in pieces - as that is not standard post-mortem practice. " (emphasis added)
Is it now time for all of those who were against this barbaric practice to say "I told you so"?
"Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests.
Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what happened to them. "
Many said that unrestrained embryonic stem cell research would lead to harvesting babies for "parts".
"Ukraine has become the self-styled stem cell capital of the world.
There is a trade in stem cells from aborted foetuses, amid unproven claims they can help fight many diseases.
But now there are claims that stem cells are also being harvested from live babies. "
What is worse is that these were heathy, wanted children!
"The BBC has spoken to mothers from the city of Kharkiv who say they gave birth to healthy babies, only to have them taken by maternity staff. "
What is most horrifying is the pictures that were given to the BBC to document this.
"The pictures show organs, including brains, have been stripped - and some bodies dismembered.
A senior British forensic pathologist says he is very concerned to see bodies in pieces - as that is not standard post-mortem practice. " (emphasis added)
Is it now time for all of those who were against this barbaric practice to say "I told you so"?
posted by The Lady Logician at
5:19 PM
3 Comments:
Stem cell research is not a barbaric practice. The allegations you speak of are barbaric but there is nothing wrong with stem cell research itself. It is a promising endeavor that may help to cure some debilitating illnesses. It should be funded by the government.
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Anonymous, at 9:29 AM
So you don't think that killing LIVE BABIES for their stem cells is barbaric?
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The Lady Logician, at 8:25 PM
Of course that would be barbaric, if it is happening. The article you cite is largely speculative.
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Anonymous, at 11:19 AM
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