It seems that when it comes to the issue of human life, America loses touch with reality.

Tomorrow, the House will vote on a bill "that would order federal funding of stem cell research that requires killing human embryos." National Right to Life

"H.R. 810 would require federal funding of research projects on stem cells taken
from human embryos who are alive today, and who would be killed by the very
act of removing their stem cells for the research -- a practice very
different from that of the human being who dies by accident and whose organs
are then donated to others."

This is just the beginning...Not only will embryos be killed in order to use stem cells, but the bill does not define which embryos cannot be used, so in the future clones can be made and then killed in order to use their stem cells.

While "Germany, France, Norway, Canada, Australia, Switzerland" have all banned cloning, it looks like the US has lost its head again and will push the 'right' to mess with human life. In light of recent events like the Teri Schaivo case and the debate on parental notification for abortions, the US continues to walk further and further down the path to where all right to life will be held in question.

Why not do as some labs are and "recycle" umbilical cord-blood to retrieve stem cells? Why do we have to kill embryos? Why do we have to make clones and kills them in order to get these precious cells? Cells that we want to use to "save" life?

It just doesn't make sense.