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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think you're confusing Catholics with Jews.
The Catholic Church doesn't have a lot of influence in U.S. politics anyway. They are not a predominantly Catholic country. Although, they have their fair share of Protestant and Calvinist wingnuts who will be opposed to stem cell research, it certainly won't be because of what the Pope says. Most of them dislike the Catholic Church just as much as atheists.
The thing that bugs me most about this issue is that people still don't seem to realize that there are alternative sources to stem cells than just purposely aborted embryos and a big part of the research is aimed at finding alternative sources. There's no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater (pun intended).
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Sure, makes sense... though I'd point out I highly doubt many abortions are occurring to provide scientists with new stem cell material. My guess is that pretty much all abortions are for reasons other than stem cell research. Given how many abortions there are in the US already, there should be plenty of sample material to go around under natural social conditions; no need to 'pay women to abort', they're doing enough of that without financial incentives.