Politics: President Obama on Stem Cell Research

Posted on November 6, 2009
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President Obama signed an order reversing the Bush administration’s strict limits on human embryonic stem cell research.

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25 Responses to “Politics: President Obama on Stem Cell Research”

  1. lailum on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    i guess religion really is dwindling in america

  2. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    It’s popular to promise cures for all diseases, though none are on the horizon.
    1. Is spareness a criterion for growing a living human individual in separate dishes with the goal of selling its mature living parts?
    2. Is it okay for a corporation to own living human individuals at any stage of their life cycle ?
    3. Embryonic stem cells grown in dishes multiply AND mature. In 8 weeks an embryonic stem cell line is fetal cells. In 38 weeks, they’re infant cells.
    4. Humans as property? tried before

  3. doomsday800 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    way to go obama. im not a huge obama fan but at least he did the right thing

  4. n1bigdaddy on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    now finally this whole discussion can be avoided
    just a little swap from inside the mouth thats all scientists need now
    im happy that adult stem cell research came along :)

  5. stagesix6 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    the usa president is a “person of faith”…

  6. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Hey I’m post med( a practicing physician). As you’ll learn in embryology class, an embryo is a developing human individual. The embryo in the dish is born there. There is no carrying mother. An embryo’s humanness is not determined by it’s spareness. Cannibalizing our own young is not an advancement.

    Have a great day and study hard.

  7. iamzemasta on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    ok, noone would do something like that if they know the comatose would come out of their state. also, what if the embryos from which the cells are taken are within a woman who does not want a child but wants to abort it instead? it would be a better option than adoption.

  8. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    In theory only. The comatose could be used for fertilizer, or to make “soylent green”, or we could use her alive kidneys, liver, heart, corneas, to help people now, not in decades, is that okay? Nope.

    An embryos humanness is not determined by its “spareness”.

  9. iamzemasta on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    What you’re describing in the “pull the plug” scenario is diffrent; if the plug is pulled then the patient dies and story ends there. but with embryos and the stem cells, the cells can then be used to heal people with cancer, disabilities, and other diseases/disabilities that would be incurable otherwise.

  10. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Not for long. If a comatose patient is certain to wake up, and sit up, and speak within a few months, and walk within 2 years, would you pull the plug? If they were to forever to float around, you may have a point. Since they continue to develop, your point is moot.

  11. iamzemasta on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    They’re in a vegetative state. they cant think/move/feel/make sounds or anything. All they do is float inside the liquid within their mother’s womb.

  12. algotbulle on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    agreed strongly

  13. InsaneAssyla on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    I am a conservative, agnostic and biology major… pre-med track. Christians don’t have a problem with stem cell research. It is embryonic stem cell research and the idea of when life starts. Adult stem cell research is much more affective anyway and those cells are taken from cooperative donors not unborn children.

  14. InsaneAssyla on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    First off, Obama is religious and is a practicing christian so you are insulting him as well as conservatives. Second, im sure religious cooks have nothing to do with stem cells…I think cooks deal with food but i could be wrong (idiot). Its spelled kook. If you’re going to act all high and mighty, at least do YOUR research and learn to spell.

  15. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    They are indeed alive. Admit the truth.

  16. IMakeBoringVideos on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    theyre not alive yet. get over it

  17. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    are you referring to Emeril? I haven’t heard him say grace before making a meal. BAM! Or maybe barefoot contessa? The french chef, perhaps?

  18. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Rationalizing cannibalism of our own young?

  19. nightsoldier1112 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    All the religious cooks (Whatever religion/cult) are on their way out… The rationalists are taking over, enjoy these last few years.

  20. AgnosticMaverick09 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Good job Obama. I love reading all these Christians and their text comments. Lol, they’re like, “SCIENCE! NO!!! STAY AWAY!!!” (growl). God doesn’t help people. PEOPLE help people and stem cell research will be a good example of that :)

  21. oran6es on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Clap loudly, your president has just dedicated tax money for one set of humans to control and own another set of humans, and to support research of which success will be measured by the ability of one group’s cannibalization of our own young.

  22. Xabway on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO OBAMA!!!!

  23. Lavastorm1973 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Look at my vids and tell me what you think. We cant get a lawyer that feels like they could win the case…
    I got a random call with someone telling me if the docs responsible got federal grants, the statue of limitations is only 6 months, normally birth injuries are 7 years here in DE.

  24. MCH1984 on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Still not figured out how to pull the trigger eh? Bloody retarded redneck.

  25. Unklebillybob on November 6th, 2009 5:48 pm

    Let’s try this one again.

    You’ve been posted-up, more than twice on your stupid statement. If you’re going to post anything, get the facts right before you start typing. DS!

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