The American Spectator

Reader Mail

p> UNETHICAL BIOETHICS br> Re: George Neumayr's Compromising Bioethics : /p>

In one brief column George Neumayr has restored right order to moral reasoning on bioethics.

This sentence...

"Moving reproduction from marriage to science tore the door off the dignity of embryonic life."

p>...restores my confidence in the value of human language. Who dares to lift the banner of "the dignity of embryonic life" from the bloody battlefield of modern culture and hold it steady under the fire of "reasonable people"? br> -- Martin McPhillips /p>

It is evidence of the tragic world in which we find ourselves that supposedly eminent scientific minds are even contemplating the termination of embryonic life to develop a treatment for physical injury. What happened to this country in the last fifty years?

This is the country where three hundred thousand men (most of them not slaves and not likely to become slaves) gave their lives to end the immoral dominance of one group of men over another. This is the country where the "weaker" sex fought for the right to have their own voices heard at the polling places and to be able to directly elect their representatives, thereby ending another immoral dominance. This is the country in which people of all races marched together to end the shameful and immoral dominance of racial segregation and discrimination and later that of sexual discrimination.

topics:
Education, Mainstream Media, Television, Business, Sports, Religion, Abortion, Movies, Law, Military, Russia, Africa, Socialism, Conservatism