I understand that President Bush has used his first veto to prevent funding for scientific research using frozen embryos destined to be destroyed. The embryos are the by-product of fertilization efforts to help a couple unable to accommodate living ovaries and sperm from realizing their potential of uniting and maturing into a human and are not created for the purpose of research. I noticed that President Bush held a child that was once a frozen embryo, but adopted and provided a womb so that it could grow into a baby, yet I did not hear him volunteer to adopt one himself.
Use of the frozen embryos for medical research is justified for the greater good, that is, the health and life of those we know and love. Potential human life possessed by the sperm and ovary, whether joined together or not, die by the billions every second.
President Bush surely understands the logic of sacrificing life, or potential life, for the greater good. Relaxed environmental and workplace standards cause more disease and death but he feels is justified for the greater good. He knows our war in Iraq has and will cost hundreds of thousands to suffer death, anguish and disability, yet believes it is for the greater good.
I would argue that curing cancers, Alzheimer’s, or a host of other deadly diseases is at least as important as the politics of Iraq or increased corporate profits created by lax environmental standards.
Blake Bailey
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Tyler, Texas 75702
www.bailey-law.com
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