Politics “These Boys and Girls Are Not Spare Parts.”
Actually, they’re not “boys and girls,” either.
In his statement prior to vetoing legislation passed by Congress that would expand embryonic stem-cell research today (media were barred from the actual signing ceremony), President Bush revealed his utter contempt for science and his willful ignorance of what actually becomes of most of these so-called little boys and girls.
Surrounded by cheering Republican supporters, Bush called individual embryos “unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value. These boys and girls are not spare parts.”
An embryo is not a child. It is a cluster of cells smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. Only about 10 percent of embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization are implanted and ultimately adopted; the rest are treated as medical waste and discarded.
Because embryonic stem cells have the potential to turn into almost any type of cell in the human body, overwhelming scientific consensus regards stem cell research as a potential step toward finding cures for diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.
Then again, since when has Bush ever paid attention to overwhelming scientific consensus?
God, I hate this fucker.