Chuck Colson: Adult vs. Embryonic Stem Cells

Catholic Exchange hosts this article from Chuck Colson on stem cells.

Good news, indeed-and good news that we no longer have to wrestle with the moral question of embryonic stem cell research.

Well, not so fast… Both candidates for president still favor it, for they are marching to the drumbeat of those who want no restrictions on science.

Michael Kinsley, for example, a columnist who himself suffers from Parkinson’s, said bluntly, “This issue [that is, embryonic stem cell research] will not go away.”

“Scientifically,” Kinsley says, “it makes no sense to abandon any promising avenue just because another has opened up… Every year that goes by, science opens new doors.”

I hope you see the problem: Just because science opens a door does not mean we should walk through it. In fact, science rarely asks the question, “Should we?” It only asks the question, “Can we?”