Barack Obama has lifted the ban on embryonic stem-cell research,
saying that scientific decisions should be “based on facts, not
ideology.” But this is nonsense.

By Selwyn Duke

Few
of us will soon forget President Obama’s answer to the question of when
human life begins. “That’s above my pay grade,” he said. It was a
flippant remark, yet it was perhaps one of the times he was perfectly
honest. I’m not being sarcastic.

Like many people, Obama is confused about quite a number of moral
issues. He is not the kind of man who could mount a compelling argument
for when human life begins, for example (nor does he care). And the
same kind of knowledge deficit is evident in Obama’s recent
pronouncements concerning science and stem-cell research. Writes the Associated Press,
“Promoting science ‘is about letting scientists . . . do their jobs,
free from manipulation or coercion . . . .’ Obama said.” But does this
make sense?  

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